Catalin Cimpanu reports: A new trend is emerging among ransomware groups where they prioritize stealing data from workstations used by top executives and managers in order to obtain “juicy” information that they can later use to pressure and extort a company’s top brass into approving large ransom payouts. ZDNet first learned of this new tactic earlier…
New Zealand central bank: unnamed third-party file-sharing service was hacked
AP reports: New Zealand’s central bank said Sunday that one of its data systems has been breached by an unidentified hacker who potentially accessed commercially and personally sensitive information. A third party file sharing service used by the Reserve Bank of New Zealand to share and store sensitive information had been illegally accessed, the Wellington-based bank said…
UK: Motor industry employee sentenced in ICO Computer Misuse Act prosecution
A motor industry employee has been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for two years, in a prosecution brought by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Kim Doyle, who worked for the RAC, transferred personal data to an accident claims management firm without authorisation. Doyle, 33, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to secure unauthorised access…
Hackers publish Hackney Council data online after 2020 attack
Keumars Afifi-Sabet reports: Data stolen from Hackney Borough Council in a major cyber attack last October has been published online by the hackers responsible. Cyber security experts working with the local authority have confirmed “a limited set of data” has now been published online, four months after hackers infiltrated its networks. Read more on ITPro….
Ca: Communauto car-sharing service victim of a cyberattack
Victoria Smith reports: The holiday season has not been easy for the Montreal carsharing service Communauto, which was the target of a cyber attack. Access to a number of servers has been locked, and data has been encrypted. Cyber hackers couldn’t get their hands on user passwords and credit card numbers, but managed to get names,…
Leon Medical Centers issues statement about ransomware attack
Leon Medical Centers (LMC) in Florida has issued a press release about the ransomware attack it experienced, and that DataBreaches.net has reported previously. In our most recent report, we noted that Conti threat actors had dumped protected health information for numerous patients, while claiming that they still had more files from Leon that they would dump….