Ed Richter reports: One former Middletown city employee has been arraigned on charges in Middletown Municipal Court in connection with the alleged hacking, corporate economic espionage and illegal recordings of Start Skydiving at the Middletown Regional Airport. Former airport manager Daniel Dickten, 67, of Goshen, was arraigned Dec. 31 on charges of unauthorized use of…
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Ransomware attack hits short line rail operator OmniTRAX
Nate Tabak reports: Colorado-based short line rail operator and logistics provider OmniTRAX was hit by a recent ransomware attack and data theft that targeted its corporate parent, Broe Group. OmniTRAX confirmed to FreightWaves that the cyberattack had occurred after the Conti ransomware gang posted stolen data from a leak site. The company, however, provided no…
Leon Medical Centers issues statement about ransomware attack
Leon Medical Centers (LMC) in Florida has issued a press release about the ransomware attack it experienced, and that DataBreaches.net has reported previously. In our most recent report, we noted that Conti threat actors had dumped protected health information for numerous patients, while claiming that they still had more files from Leon that they would dump….
Delaware County officials paid $25,000 in ransom to hackers who infiltrated the county’s computer system
Vinny Vella reports: Hackers used a malware attack to infiltrate Delaware County’s servers in the fall, and then held employees’ personal data for ransom, ultimately costing the county $25,000 in ransom to restore access to the data, according to county officials. The attack was first reported Nov. 24, when county officials said the computer network…
Corporate Secrets at Risk in Hack of U.S. Courts Documents
Bloomberg Law reports: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts on Wednesday disclosed the “apparent compromise” of the electronic filing and case management system, known as CM/ECF. An AO spokesperson told Bloomberg Law the compromise is likely connected to the hack of SolarWinds’ Orion products, which affected multiple government agencies and companies. The AO said…
Decrypted: How bad was the US Capitol breach for cybersecurity?
Zack Whittaker reports on concerns that were raised after the massive security failure at the Capitol that resulted in attackers having access to papers, hard drives and more. Zack reiterates some comforting thoughts that were offered on Twitter in the aftermath of the rampage: Most lawmakers don’t have ready access to classified materials, unless it’s…