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Disgruntled Cloud Engineer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Intentionally Damaging His Former Employer’s Computer Network After He Was Fired

Posted on December 12, 2023 by Dissent

Miklos Daniel Brody Retaliated Against His Former Employer, a Bank, by Damaging the Bank’s Cloud System and Stealing Valuable Computer Code SAN FRANCISCO – Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for a network intrusion and for making false statements to a government agency, announced United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey…

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Did Akumin experience two cyber attacks in October and November? It has only acknowledged one. (1)

Posted on December 11, 2023 by Dissent

On October 25, DataBreaches reported that Akumin’s ability to provide diagnostic services at some locations remained disrupted two weeks after they detected suspicious activity on their network. What they subsequently identified as a ransomware attack occurred during a time when Akumin was also dealing with bankruptcy. While there was some resolution of financial issues, things…

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Seattle cancer patients face blackmail threats after recent Fred Hutch data breach

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Dissent

Brittany Toolis reports: As if battling cancer isn’t hard enough, now patients at UW’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are being extorted. Last month, the Cancer Center experienced a data breach, exposing data for an unknown number of patients. Some of those patients are getting emails threatening to leak their personal information if they don’t pay…

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Hinsdale schools struck by ransomware attack (1)

Posted on December 8, 2023 by Dissent

The Brattleboro Reformer reports: The Hinsdale school district is attempting to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred on Thursday morning. “School district officials are working with Primex, its cyber insurance provider, and a professional cybersecurity response team to assess the situation,” states information release by SAU 29 Superintendent David Ryan. Read more. Update December…

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The Untold Story of a Massive Hack at HHS in Covid’s Early Days

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Dissent

Jordan Robertson and Riley Griffin report: On March 15, 2020, just days after the US declared a national emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the computer network for the US Department of Health and Human Services briefly vanished from the internet. In public remarks the following day, HHS Secretary Alex Azar attributed the 10-minute outage to a cyberattack but…

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Records reveal new information about Sweetwater Union High School District ransomware incident

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Dissent

Melissa Mecija reports:  New records reveal how widespread a data breach was at the Sweetwater Union High School District. Information given to ABC 10News through a request from the California Public Records Act shows more than 22,000 people were affected by the breach, and the district paid a ransom to the alleged hackers. It was…

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