Alex Costello reports: The City of Long Beach was the target of a cyber attack last week, which forced the city to shut down its computer network. The city publicly announced the attack on Friday after discovering it on Tuesday afternoon. According to the city, some of its technology employees saw unusual interactions in the…
Investigation in cyber attack stretches into second week, as students return to class
Eric Graves reports: Huntsville City School students are getting back to learning this week, after having several days off because of a cyber security threat. The only hitch, no devices. As the investigation into the possible ransomware attack continues, HCS administrators are still asking students to keep their laptops off and stay away from school…
Sensitive details of of 7 million Indian cardholders available on dark web
Advait Palepu reports: Sensitive details belonging to 7 million debit and credit cardholders are available on a public Google Drive document that has been circulating on the dark web. The document was discovered by cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia who reached out MediaNama stating that names of cardholders along with employers’ name, income levels, phone numbers, email addresses,…
Mercy Health discloses an insider breach, fires the employee
The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been. Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive? ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…
Foxconn electronics giant hit by ransomware, $34 million ransom
Lawrence Abrams reports: Foxconn electronics giant suffered a ransomware attack at a Mexican facility over the Thanksgiving weekend, where attackers stole unencrypted files before encrypting devices. Foxconn is the largest electronics manufacturing company globally, with recorded revenue of $172 billion in 2019 and over 800,000 employees worldwide. Foxconn subsidiaries include Sharp Corporation, Innolux, FIH Mobile, and…
Easy Way In? 5 Ransomware Victims Had Their Pulse Secure VPN Credentials Leaked
Victoria Kivilevich writes: Rising ransomware attacks around the world, together with the recent lists of exposed Pulse Secure VPN credentials set the backdrop for KELA’s latest research. While not all ransomware attacks used CVE-2019-11510 (a vulnerability of unpatched Pulse Secure VPN servers) or the previously shared credentials to the compromised corporate networks, it does add another layer…