Lawrence Abrams reports: UK rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Merseyrail is a UK rail network that provides train service through sixty-eight stations in the Liverpool City Region in England. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Fourth time’s a charm – OGUsers hacking forum hacked again
Lawrence Abrams reports: Popular hacking forum OGUsers has been hacked for its fourth time in two years, with hackers now selling the site’s database containing user records and private messages. OGUsers is a hacking forum known for the sale of stolen social media accounts hacked through SIM-swapping attacks, credential stuffing attacks, and other means. More recently, OGUsers members…
Sg: Organisation that oversees Tafep fined $29,000 over data breach
Kenny Chee reports: The Tripartite Alliance Limited (TAL) has been fined $29,000 after the data of about 20,000 people was accessed by hackers last year. TAL oversees the Tripartite Alliance for Fair and Progressive Employment Practices (Tafep) and handles employment disputes. The Personal Data Protection Commission (PDPC) said in a recent decision that TAL had…
White House Urged to Address Surge in Ransomware Attacks
Kartikay Mehrota reports: Cybersecurity experts, law enforcement agencies and governments urged the White House to root out safe havens for criminals engaging in ransomware and step up regulation of cryptocurrencies, the lifeblood of hackers, in the hopes of controlling a growing wave of attacks. These are two of 48 recommendations made by a task force…
First Horizon discloses data security breach
Paul Davis reports: First Horizon in Memphis, Tenn., disclosed that a number of online customer bank accounts were targeted by a data security breach. The $87.5 billion-asset company said in a regulatory filing Wednesday that it first learned of the breach this month. Read more on Amercan Banker
DigitalOcean says customer billing data accessed in data breach
Zack Whittaker reports: DigitalOcean has emailed customers warning of a data breach involving customers’ billing data, TechCrunch has learned. The cloud infrastructure giant told customers in an email on Wednesday, obtained by TechCrunch, that it has “confirmed an unauthorized exposure of details associated with the billing profile on your DigitalOcean account.” The company said the…