Leon Stafford reports: Henry County Schools Superintendent Mary Elizabeth Davis said Tuesday leaders continue to investigate “suspicious activity” that has resulted in the district restricting Internet access since last week. In a video posted to YouTube, Davis did not say what activity led the south metro Atlanta district to decide to take its Internet offline…
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AlphV files an SEC complaint against MeridianLink for not disclosing a breach to the SEC (2)
Earlier today, AlphV added MeridianLink to their leak site. MeridianLink (MLNK) is the provider of a loan origination system and digital lending platform for financial institutions. AlphV’s listing has been temporarily removed to be updated, but DataBreaches has learned some additional details from someone involved in the attack. The attack was last Tuesday, November 7….
Data security breach at Beaverton School District
KGW reports: The Beaverton School District has been hit by a cybersecurity breach that may have compromised student passwords, the district announced in a message posted to its website and sent to parents Tuesday evening. Student passwords to email accounts, Google documents, Canva and other platforms all may have been compromised. The district said it…
NoEscape gang adds two more medical entities to their leak site
The NoEscape ransomware gang claims to have attacked two more medical entities. The first one is Southeastern Orthopaedic Specialists, P.A. in North Carolina. According to the threat actors, the network was locked on October 25, and 3 GB of files were exfiltrated. From the expanded listing (not shown here), it also appears that Southeastern…
FBI knows identities of some U.S. members of “Scattered Spider,” but no arrests so far?
Zeba Siddiqui, Christopher Bing, and Raphael Satter report: The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has struggled to stop a hyper-aggressive cybercrime gang that’s been tormenting corporate America over the last two years, according to nine cybersecurity responders, digital crime experts and victims. For more than six months, the FBI has known the identities of…
Minnesota schools turn to voters, plead for lawmaker help in fending off cyberattacks
Dana Ferguson reports: Faced with a growing threat of cybersecurity breaches, school districts around the country and in Minnesota are turning to local taxpayers and state officials for help in building up their defenses. Voters in at least 17 communities last week weighed ballot questions letting local districts raise tax levies for cybersecurity improvements; more…