The Middle East Monitor (MEMO) reports: The British government is probing a hack carried out on computer systems belonging to the British Foreign Ministry, which resulted in hundreds of files exposing its propaganda operations in Syria being stolen. In the massive security breach reported by the UK-based news outlet Middle East Eye, hackers sought out files…
Investor losses legal battle against Bithumb for 2017 data breach incident
Felipe Erazo reports a follow-up on one of Bithumb’s breaches. Previous coverage of their breaches can be found on DataBreaches.net, linked from here. This particular update concerns events in 2017, which led to a government investigation and then fines, apart from the civil suit involved in this report. There was also an indictment of Bithumb…
No, Netwalker didn’t attack Chubb Insurance — or Chubb Fire and Security
Update and Correction: Last night, DataBreaches.net reported that Netwalker threat actors claimed to have attacked Chubb Fire and Security. My reporting created more confusion than clarity, so I am removing the post altogether. Let me try to be clearer: Chubb Insurance has nothing to do with the current claims by Netwalker threat actors. Netwalker claims…
Ransomware Threat Actors Dump Data on Clark County School District Employees and Students
Tawnell D. Hobbs reports: A hacker published documents containing Social Security numbers, student grades and other private information stolen from a large public-school district in Las Vegas after officials refused a ransom demanded in return for unlocking district computer servers. The illegal release late last week of sensitive information from the Clark County School District…
Fr: CMA CGM confirms ransomware attack
Cichen Shen and James Baker report: CMA CGM, the French container line, is working to reverse the impact of a ransomware attack that has shut down many of its online services. The cyber attack was launched using Ragnar Locker, a data encryption malware that has affected companies elsewhere. It is similar to an incident involving…
Major U.S. hospital system hit by ransomware
Kevin Collier reports: A major hospital chain has been hit by what appears to be one of the largest medical cyberattacks in United States history. Computer systems for Universal Health Services, which has more than 400 locations, primarily in the U.S., began to fail over the weekend, and some hospitals have had to resort to filing…