Zack Whittaker reports: NTreatment, a technology company that manages electronic health and patient records for doctors and psychiatrists, left thousands of sensitive health records exposed to the internet because one of its cloud servers wasn’t protected with a password. The cloud storage server was hosted on Microsoft Azure and contained 109,000 files, a large portion…
Owner and Operator of India-Based Call Centers Sentenced To Prison for Scamming U.S. Victims Out Of Millions of Dollars
An Indian national was sentenced on November 30, 2020 to 20 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release in the Southern District of Texas for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded U.S. victims out of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016. Hitesh Madhubhai Patel, aka Hitesh…
Brazil planemaker Embraer says hackers gained access to company data
Reuters reports: Brazilian plane manufacturer Embraer said late on Monday that it had been targeted by hackers, who obtained the “disclosure of data allegedly attributed to the company.” The company said the breach was identified on Nov. 25 and the culprits only got access to a single company archive. Read more on Reuters. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Huntsville City Schools hit by ransomware attack
WAAY31 reports: Huntsville City Schools is canceling classes on Tuesday due to a ransomware threat. The district announced earlier Monday that it was closing all schools and campuses for the remainder of the day “due to a potential cybersecurity threat.” It said “students, families, and faculty and staff members should shut down their district-issued devices and…
LA: Stuller Hit by Cyberattack
James Ritchie reports: Stuller Inc. was hit by a cyberattack Saturday morning, resulting in “a variety of operational issues.” “Since our discovery of the cyber-attack, we have worked around the clock to prepare our business to serve you in all the ways you have grown accustomed to,” Stuller President Danny Clark stated on Sunday. “With that…
Hackers attack TRF-1, get data and celebrate on networks
R7 reports: A hacker attack hit this Friday (27) the systems of TRF-1 (Regional Court of the First Region). The attackers say they have gained access to files in more than 40 court databases. The attack was celebrated on the networks by the attackers, who claimed to have captured the data and thus managed to show…