DataBreaches.net has found a second HIPAA-covered entity that has revealed that it was affected by the Accellion attack by CLOP threat actors. On February 25, Trillium Community Health Plan in Oregon disclosed that they had been notified by Accellion on January 25 of the cyberattack that impacted dozens of Accellion’s clients. In Trillium’s case, the…
UK: Paedophile IT technician jailed after installing software onto work computers to spy on colleagues
Rebecca Speare-Cole reports: An IT technician who installed software onto computers at work to spy on his colleagues and was found with indecent images of children has been jailed. Andrew Cakebread, 36, stole 6,803 videos from his coworkers and their families, including 79 taken through hacked webcams. He also recorded footage inside his company’s staff…
JP: Consulting firm hit with ransomware; 350 households have info possibly leaked
Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting reports that an unnamed consulting firm in Tokyo contracted by Asahikawa City as part of rebuilding a housing complex was compromised by ransomware, resulting in the compromise of personal information for about 350 households. Read about it on fnn.jp (Japanese). h/t, @Chum1ng0
BR: Cyber attack on the CPTrans website and the Educa em Casa platform
The following is a translation of a press release issued March 5 by Petrópolis: The Petrópolis City Hall reports that the web pages of CPTrans [Companhia Petropolitana de Trânsito e Transportes] and the Educa em Casa platform, which serves students from the municipal network remotely, were the target of a cyber attack by a hacker. The…
Czech officials in Prague ‘hit by massive cyber attack’
EuroNews reports: Czech officials in Prague have been hit by a large-scale cyberattack, according to the city’s mayor. “There has been a massive cyber attack on public administration systems,” Zdeněk Hřib tweeted, adding that the servers had “survived” and there was little damage. An immediate outage was made on the email system to maintain security. Read…
Someone Hacked the Website of the Attorney Representing One of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Accusers
Colin Kalmbacher reports: The website for attorney Debra Katz, of the law firm of Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP, was hacked and taken offline early Saturday morning. Katz currently represents former political aide Charlotte Bennett in the investigation into alleged sexual harassment by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-N.Y.). The splash page for kmblegal.com simply contained the phrase “AGENT-TEST” for hours before the firm was able…