Curious about the new kids on the ransomware block and whether they are really new kids or just old hands forming a new group? Read this great interview by Dmitry Smilyanets on The Record.
Ca: SD73’s insurance provider for international students suffers cybersecurity breach
CFJC reports: School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson) said it was notified that guard.me, the travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program, experienced a cybersecurity breach incident. Personal information that may be impacted by this incident includes identity information, contact information, and other information provided to support submitted claims. Read more on…
Decryptor released for Prometheus ransomware victims
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese security firm CyCraft has released a free application that can help victims of the Prometheus ransomware recover and decrypt some of their files. Available on GitHub, the decryptor effectively works by brute-forcing the encryption key used to lock the victim’s data. Read more on The Record.
Hacker attack on the Lazio Region. Vaccine reservations suspended, shadow ransomware
Arcangelo Ròciola reports: AGI – Unprecedented hacker attack on the IT systems of the Lazio Region. A virus has taken offline the Region’s website, that of the Regional Council and the booking portal for vaccines against Covid-19. Systems went haywire about shortly after midnight today. From what AGI learned shortly after the attack, the virus…
Fr: Former police officer convicted of selling confidential information on the dark web
Marco A. De Felice reports: Christophe Boutry, a former DGSI ( Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure ) agent, was sentenced to 7 years in prison (with a two-year suspension) for selling confidential information from law enforcement databases on the darkweb. Documents stolen from police archives include fake marriage permits and certificates and sensitive information on the Marseille…
Student sues San Dieguito district, says classmate cyberstalked her, hacked her grades
I missed this one when it was first published two weeks ago, but apart from the privacy issues involving cyberstalking, it involves a hack of a school district’s information system and a class action lawsuit against the software firm. Kristen Taketa reported: Haley Dinsmore was 12 when a classmate at Earl Warren Middle School asked…