October 10, 2023 LOS ANGELES – A United States Navy service member pleaded guilty today to federal felony offenses and admitted he transmitted sensitive U.S. military information to an intelligence officer from the People’s Republic of China in exchange for bribery payments. Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, also known as Thomas Zhao, of Monterey Park, pleaded…
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OrthoAlaska notifies 176,203 patients of breach. When was the breach? (1)
On October 12, 2022 — almost a full year ago — OrthoAlaska discovered unauthorized activity on their systems. On March 3, 2023, they learned that information on former employees was stored in the system. On April 3, 2023, they notified those affected. And that’s where things remained until September 22, 2023, when OrthoAlaska notified HHS…
23andMe Cyberbreach Exposes DNA Data, Potential Family Ties
DarkReading reports: 23andMe, the popular DNA testing company, has launched an investigation after client information was listed for sale on a cybercrime forum this week. On Oct. 1, a post was published on the forum with a link to a sample of allegedly “20 million pieces of data” from the genetic testing company, claiming that it…
D.C. Board of Elections voter registration data up for sale on dark web (1)
A new listing on ransomedvc claims, “We have successfully breached the District of Columbia Board Of Elections and have gotten more than 600k lines of USA Voters.” The listing links to a sample consisting of one registered voter’s data. That listing included a number of fields with, but not limited to, VoterID, registration date, voter’s…
Parkers Chapel School District network hacked; FBI investigating
Caitlan Butler reports: The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigating the matter. John Gross, PCSD superintendent, said the district learned about the hack last Thursday, Sept. 29. “There’s rumors they’ve been in there for months, but I don’t know…
INC Ransomware claims to have hit Federal Labor Relations Authority
On September 20, a relatively new ransomware gang called INC Ransomware added the Federal Labor Relations Authority to their leak site. As proof, they offered six images of files, two of which appear to contain personal information from cases or submissions involving care. In response to a request from this site, INC also provided DataBreaches…