ABC reports: The Maricopa County Community College District is releasing the findings from an investigation into a cyber security breach that happened earlier this year. In March, the college district announced that suspicious activity was found on their network which resulted in a system shutdown. […] A forensic investigation determined MCCCD likely identified and prevented…
ASEAN companies still targeted by ALTDOS threat actors
In December of 2020, DataBreaches.net reported on a threat actor (or actors) calling themself “ALTDOS” who had attacked a Thai securities trading firm, Country Group Securities (CGSEC) . CGSEC wasn’t the only Thai entity they attacked, and within weeks, they had attacked MonoNext and 3BB, subsidiaries of Jasmine International. Angered by the entities’ response or lack of response to…
Middletown Man Sentenced To Six Months of Home Confinement For Damaging Former Employer’s Computer Network
David C. Weiss, United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, announced today that Levii Delgado, 36, of Middletown, was sentenced today to six months of home confinement and over $13,000 in restitution by the Honorable Leonard P. Stark, Chief United States District Judge for the District of Delaware. Delgado pled guilty in February 2021…
Some City University of New York data found on dark web market
One of the newer leak markets is Marketo. Marketo claims, “We put up for sale network accesses and passwords of networks of companies that do not contact us.” They also maintain a Telegram channel where they elaborate on their service: We are an independent marketplace for free placement and sale of data stolen by hackers….
CA: Victor Valley Union High School District
On February 26, Victor Valley Union High School District was infected with malware. This week, they are first sending out mailed notifications to employees. A copy of their template, submitted to the California Attorney General’s Office on June explains: What Happened? On February 26, 2021, some of the District’s computer systems were infected with malware…
Taiwan Kadokawa notifies consumers while responding to ransomware attack
Taiwan Kadokawa Co, is part of the Kadokawa corporation group of companies. On June 3, they discovered they had been attacked. In a subsequent press release of June 4 and statement, they explained what appears to be a ransomware attack (machine translation): Taiwan Kadokawa Co., Ltd. (Taipei City, Chairman: Taketo Iwasaki, hereinafter referred to as…