Reuters reports: A federal grand jury has indicted the suspected hacker who obtained personal information of over 100 million people in the Capital One Financial Corp data breach on charges of wire fraud and computer data theft, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) said on Wednesday. Read more on Reuters. Here’s the DOJ’s press release…
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Phishing scheme gains entry to Oregon Judicial Department emails
Aubrey Wieber reports: A phishing scheme succeeded in breaking into the email accounts of five Oregon Judicial Department employees, exposing personal information of more than 6,000 people. A forensic team determined that none of the information has been used in an inappropriate way so far. Read more on Mail Tribune.
How sweet it is(n’t): Chocolatier announces breach
Their press release: KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 30, 2019 — Russell Stover Chocolates, LLC (Russell Stover) recently became aware of a data security incident potentially affecting certain data from payment cards used for purchases at Russell Stover retail stores during a limited timeframe. It is important to note that, at this time, there is no…
CT: Ransomware Attack Targets Wolcott Public Schools
Kristen Johnson reports that Wolcott Public Schools in Connecticut has not fully recovered from a ransomware attack at the end of the last year school and they are now planning to pay some ransom to get the decryption key to files that they have been unable to recover via their own means. Read more on…
Nampa School District: Instruction Continuing in Wake of Cyber Attack
District continuing efforts to restore network systems. As we continue working to mitigate the effects of the Aug. 21 cyber attack on our districtwide network systems, we recognize the many challenges faced by our staff and families. If you need to communicate with your child’s school and have not received a response to your email,…
Hostinger Data Breach Affects Almost 14 Million Customers
Ionut Ilascu reports: Hosting provider Hostinger today announced that it reset the login passwords of 14 million of its customers following a recent security breach that enabled unauthorized access to a client database. The incident occurred on August 23 and a third party was able to access usernames, hashed passwords, emails, first names, and IP…