James Carr reports: One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack – with laptops used by pupils and email systems disabled. Harris Federation, which runs 49 schools, detected the attack on Saturday, and has been working through the weekend to resolve the issues. A Schools Week investigation last…
Sg: Vhive alerts consumers to cyberattack
Vhive, a popular retail furniture chain in Singapore, has posted a notice on their web site and Facebook page announcing a cyberattack that occurred on March 23. Based on information provided to DataBreaches.net by the threat actors, this appear to have been a double extortion attack by ALTDOS threat actors that involves more than 300,000…
Hackers backdoor PHP source code after internal repo hack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the internal Git repository of the PHP programming language and have added a backdoor to the PHP source code in an attack that took place over the weekend, on Sunday, March 28. The backdoor mechanism was first spotted by Michael Voříšek, a Czech-based software engineer. If the malicious code had made it…
Russian hackers stole emails from Trump’s cybersecurity team: ‘We’re talking the crown jewels’
Travis Gettys reports: Suspected Russian hackers stole emails belonging to top officials in the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security, including members of its cybersecurity staff. The Biden administration has tried not to reveal the scope of the breach as it considers retaliatory measures against Russia, but the Associated Press found new details about the hack of…
Ransomware admin is refunding victims their ransom payments
Ionut Ilascu reports: After recently announcing the end of the operation, the administrator of Ziggy ransomware is now stating that they will also give the money back. It appears that this is a planned move since the admin shared the “good news” a little over a week ago, but gave no details. Read more on…
Channel Nine cyber-attack disrupts live broadcasts in Australia
BBC reports: A cyber-attack has disrupted live broadcasts on Australia’s Channel Nine TV network, prompting concerns about the country’s vulnerability to hackers. The broadcaster said it was unable to air several shows on Sunday, including Weekend Today. Nine said it was investigating whether the hack was “criminal sabotage or the work of a foreign nation”….