The following is a machine translation of a press release by Служба безпеки України, the Security Service of Ukraine: The SBU blocked a mass cyberattack by Russian special services on the computer networks of the Ukrainian authorities Cyber experts of the Security Service of Ukraine revealed the facts of purposeful distribution of malicious software by…
Azusa officials hid 2018 cyber attack, used insurance to pay $65K ransom to hackers
Scott Schwebke reports: In the aftermath of a disclosure that sensitive Azusa Police Department records had been hacked by criminals, city officials now acknowledge they experienced another costly ransomware attack that they hid from the public for nearly two years. In the fall of 2018, the city, through its cybersecurity insurance carrier, paid $65,000 ransom…
Capcom Facing $12 Million Lawsuit For Allegedly Using Artist’s Photos Without Permission
Remember in November, 2020 when Japanese gaming giant Capcom fell victim to a ransomware attack? The Ragnar_Locker threat actors demanded $11 million ransom, and when the firm didn’t pay, they started dumping data. Capcom’s updates on the incident noted that approximately 15,000 people had their personal information involved, but no credit card information was involved….
Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging notifyng clients of breach
The Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging has posted a breach notification of sorts on its web site. It doesn’t explain exactly what kinds of data or details on their clients were accessed, nor how many people had personal information accessed. NIAAA’s electronically stored client data possibly was accessed sometime between March 5 to March…
BioTel Heart Notice of Breach of Personal Information
Cardiac biotelemetry firm BioTel seems to be issuing public notices about a data leak incident first reported on this site in August, 2020. The data were only secured when Amazon was contacted by a researcher and asked to reach out to their customer to secure the data. Neither BioTel nor its vendor had responded to…
IA: Des Moines Area Community College investigating possible breach
Des Moines Area Community College reportedly discovered a security problem Wednesday which forced them to take some of their computer systems offline. Read about it on KCCI. Attempts to connect to DMACC this mornng returned a 503 error. Looking at their Twitter account, however, we find: UPDATE (6/3/21): #DMACC IT is currently working to restore…