Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
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Cleveland confirms ransomware attack as City Hall remains closed
Jonathan Greig reports: Cleveland’s City Hall will remain closed on Tuesday in the aftermath of a cyberattack that has forced officials to take unnamed systems offline. In a statement to Recorded Future News, the city said the incident has been confirmed as a ransomware attack, but they declined to answer specific questions about what services…
Phishing attack hits L.A. County public health agency, jeopardizing 200,000-plus residents’ personal info
Hannah Fry reports: The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a phishing email to steal the login credentials of 53 public health employees, the county announced Friday. Details that were possibly accessed in the February data breach include the first and last names,…
You permanently closed your business and then got hit with a ransomware attack. It just doesn’t seem fair, does it?
From a breach notification by civil law firm Santoro Whitmire in Las Vegas: Recently, after the firm permanently closed its business, we were the target of a ransomware attack. Ransomware is a computer virus that encrypts computer systems until and unless we pay money (i.e., the ransom) demanded by the attackers. We immediately notified law…
Snowflake to Close Hacking Probe Into Attack Targeting Clients
Charles Gorrivan and Brody Ford report: Snowflake Inc. plans to close its own investigation this week into a hacking campaign that ensnared as many as 165 of its customers. The cloud data and analytics company hasn’t detected any unauthorized access into customer accounts since early last week, Chief Information Security Officer Brad Jones, said in an interview with Bloomberg News….
Special Health Resources’ “technical difficulties” are due to a ransomware attack
Although some threat groups or affiliates have sworn off attacking the medical sector with ransomware, not all have. On Sunday evening, June 2, Special Health Resources (“SHR”) posted a notice on their Facebook account: We are currently experiencing technical difficulties and on Monday, our health centers will only see patients who are actively sick. All…