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Multi-millions: Sodinokibi attackers demand $42 million of celebrity law firm, threaten to publish dirt they claim to have on President Trump

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Dissent

I honestly cannot think of a more ironic name for a blog than the Sodinokibi (REvil) ransomware operators calling their website “Happy Blog.” Reading their updates today, they certainly didn’t seem happy, especially with Coveware, a firm that has assisted numerous ransomware victims. The firm’s services include helping negotiate ransom amounts and payment. But something…

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Elizabethtown Community Hospital Patients Lack Standing in Data Breach Row

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

Daniel R. Stoller has a litigation update on a case that stems from a 2018 breach affecting patients at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Elizabethtown Community Hospital beat claims of inadequate data security protections after a federal judge in New York found that plaintiffs lacked standing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).

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(Update1) The Palm Beach County School District suffers massive pwd breach after second grader hacks them

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

See an important update after the original post. From the no-one-could-have-possibly-foreseen-kids-figuring-out-default-password-conventions dept., Andrew Colton reports: The Palm Beach County School District is in the midst of a massive computer security crisis that draws into question the authenticity of every assignment completed by every student since “distance learning” began, after BocaNewsNow.com learned that an elementary school student…

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ShinyHunters has companies scrambling: Star Tribune warns subscribers of claimed hack, Tokopedia brings in independent consultant to investigate hack

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

WCCO reports: On Monday, Star Tribune subscribers were notified of a possible security breach in its website log-in database. The paper says it only stored usernames and passwords there. Read more on CBS Minnesota. This is in response to claims by ShinyHunters, who have listed what they claim is data from 1 million subscribers for…

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Oil and gas hackers chase bigger pandemic paydays

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

Christian Vasquez reports: Hackers have leaked hundreds of computer files allegedly stolen from a Houston-based oil and natural gas producer — the latest in a series of ransomware attacks that put a new twist on an old extortion playbook. The hackers behind the “Nefilim” malware say they have stolen over 800 gigabytes of personnel and…

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Diabetes Device Supplier Solara Medical Faces Refined Claims in Data Breach Suit

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Dissent

Andrea Vittorio reports: A diabetes device supplier hit by a data breach in mid-2019 is facing refined fraud claims in a potential class action in California after a court took issue with the basis of some original claims. Fraud claims in the lawsuit against Solara Medical Supplies LLC, one of the largest direct-to-consumer suppliers of…

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