Roseville Today reports that Sierra College has been impacted by a ransomware attack. Yesterday, the college posted the following notice on its site: “We are currently experiencing technical difficulties on the Sierra College website and some other online systems. This is the result of an external ransomware attack on our systems. We are working with…
FBI: Conti Ransomware Attacks Impact Healthcare and First Responder Networks
The FBI has issued a Flash Alert about Conti. Summary The FBI identified at least 16 Conti ransomware attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 9-1-1 dispatch centers, and municipalities within the last year. These healthcare and first responder networks are among the more than 400 organizations…
Justin Sean Johnson, aka TheDearthStar and Dearthy Star, pleads guilty to hacking UPMC and selling stolen data on dark web
There’s an update to the case of a man accused of hacking the human resources databases at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center starting in 2014 and stealing the data of 65,000 employees. Many of the employees became victims of identity theft for tax fraud. Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of…
CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack
Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton report: CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control of its network after a ransomware attack, according to people with knowledge of the attack. The Chicago-based company paid the hackers about two weeks after a trove of company…
FSB NKTsKI: Foreign ‘cyber mercenaries’ breached Russian federal agencies
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Foreign hackers have breached and stolen information from Russian federal executive bodies, the Russian government said in a report published last week. The attacks were identified in 2020. They were detailed in a joint report authored by Rostelecom-Solar, a cybersecurity division of Russian telecom giant Rostelecom, and the National Coordination Center for…
Social Security Data Breach Exposes Virtually All Indonesians to Digital Fraud Risks
That feeling when your government notifies you that your data are being given away on Raid Forums…. A suspected breach of Indonesia’s social security data has put virtually all Indonesians exposed to digital attacks and frauds, authorities and digital security experts warned on Friday. The Communication and Information Technology Ministry said that it has suspected personal records…