James Brooks reports: A cyberattack has caused the Alaska Court System to disconnect most of its operations from the internet, an act expected to block electronic court filings, disrupt online payments and prevent hearings from taking place by videoconference for several days. The Courtview system used to look up court records has been taken offline, as…
Everett medical worker charged with ID theft of 39 patients
Ellen Davis reports: An Everett medical worker stole sensitive records from 39 patients, including elderly patients, to forge identities she then used to rent an apartment and buy two cars, according to unprofessional conduct charges filed by the Washington State Department of Health. The woman, 37, has also been charged in a separate criminal case…
Ca: B.C. student loan website down after being taken over by hackers
Frances Yap and Kareem Gouda report: The website that B.C. students visit to manage their student loans appears to have been hacked. At around 9 p.m. Sunday people on Twitter reported the landing page for studentaidbc.ca was replaced with a black page with green writing and music playing in the background. Read more on City…
Za: VirginActive goes offline after cyberattack
Virgin Active is a chain of health clubs in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Italy, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and the United Kingdom. In a statement on April 30, they disclosed a cyber attack: Statement: 30 April 2021 Virgin Active South Africa became aware of a cyber-attack yesterday and our security teams immediately started working with cybersecurity…
How Cybercriminals Abuse OpenBullet for Credential Stuffing
Cedric Pernet, Fyodor Yarochkin, and Vladimir Kropotov write: … The trend for access-related cybercrime, such as credential stuffing, is steadily rising with no sign of slowing down. According to an Akamai report, there has been a total of 88 billion credential stuffing attacks from January 2018 to December 2019. Credential stuffing, a type of a…
TRB’s Registration Database Hacked in Vendor’s Ransomware Attack
Transport Topics reports: The Transportation Research Board’s annual meeting registration services database was compromised in March by cybercriminals in a ransomware attack, the organization announced April 28. “As a result of the attack, personal information for those who registered for TRB annual meetings from 2015-2021, may have been exposed and obtained in the attack,” TRB…