Anthony Salamone reports: The records of an unspecified number of clients of an Upper Bucks County behavioral-health and substance abuse nonprofit, which serves the Lehigh Valley, might have been stolen as part of a ransomware attack on the agency earlier this year. Penn Foundation in West Rockhill Township said it informed clients Tuesday of the…
New charges filed against Capital One hacker, trial postponed to 2022
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US government has filed a superseding indictment against Paige A. Thompson, a former Amazon engineer accused of hacking Capital One and stealing the personal data of more than 100 million Americans. According to court documents filed earlier this month and obtained by The Record, the US Department of Justice has added seven new charges…
Morningstar data breach reveals KPMG deal maker lists
Liam Walsh and Edmund Tadros report: A software glitch has exposed the key companies garnering the interest of big four advisory group KPMG’s deal makers and restructuring experts. The flaw in an alert system, run by US financial research firm Morningstar, for ASX-listed companies meant third parties could even view project names KPMG had assigned. That included…
University Medical Center of Southern Nevada attacked by REvil threat actors
See update at bottom of this post for statement from UMCSN. They do confirm that there was a breach. The University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, who proudly proclaims itself the official healthcare provider for the Vegas Golden Knights, has allegedly been the victim of a cyberattack by REvil (Sodinokibi) threat actors. The well-known ransomware…
Data for 700M LinkedIn Users Posted for Sale in Cyber-Underground
Tara Seals reports: After 500 million LinkedIn enthusiasts were affected in a data-scraping incident in April, it’s happened again – with big security ramifications. A new posting with 700 million LinkedIn records has appeared on a popular hacker forum, according to researchers. Analysts from Privacy Sharks stumbled across the data put up for sale on…
Ca: SIM card theft: Discount provider, discount protection?
Tristan Peloquin reports: Telus customers who were victims of SIM card scams are sounding the alarm on apparent flaws in the company’s security systems. An employee of its discount subsidiary Public Mobile even told a customer that the service she uses is “more at risk than others” because she pays less. “If you pay for…