Martin Bilbao reports: Sensitive information on over 16,000 workers may have been exposed in a ransomware attack on a Renton market research company’s data system. Pacific Market Research (PMR) “recently notified” the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries, one of its clients, about the May 22 attack, according to a Thursday L&I news release….
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Kaseya supply chain attack delivers mass ransomware event to US companies
Kevin Beaumont (@Gossithedog) writes: Kaseya VSA is a commonly used solution by MSPs — Managed Service Providers — in the United States and United Kingdom, which helps them manage their client systems. Kaseya’s website claims they have over 40,000 customers. Four hours ago, an apparent auto update in the product has delivered REvil ransomware. By…
Babuk Ransomware, if you Hit and Run do not leave a trace (updated)
Updated: On January 5, DataBreaches.net was hit with a DDoS attack, which was pretty rude considering I was still on my first cup of coffee. It turns out that someone identifying themself as @dyadka0220 was upset that this site had linked to DarkFeed’s post. Whether they are the same @dyadka0220 as seen elsewhere is unknown…
Former Anonymous and Lulzsec hacker discusses his criminal past and gives his top tips for avoiding ransomware
Martin Ricker reports: Jake Davis, the former hacker known as ‘Topiary’ and senior member of hacktivist groups Anonymous and Lulzsec has spoken about the scale of the ransomware challenge facing organisations today, and given his tips for staying secure. Speaking at Computing‘s recent Cyber Security Festival, Davis began by outlining his history as a hacktivist before…
Spanish telecom giant MasMovil hit by Revil ransomware gang
Waqas reports: Spain’s 4th largest telecom operator MasMovil Ibercom or MasMovil is the latest victim of the infamous Revil ransomware gang (aka Sodinokibi) On its official blog accessible via Tor browser, as seen by Hackread.com, the ransomware operator claims to have “downloaded databases and other important data” belonging to the telecom giant. Read more on HackRead.
JP: Japan Airport Refueling Co. discloses ransomware incident; refueling work not impacted
Security NEXT reports that Japan Airport Refueling, which provides aircraft refueling services, experienced a ransomware attack. A machine translation of the report says, in part, that the company’s internal network failed in the early morning of June 21. Investigation confirmed that it was a ransomware attack, and the company received a ransom demand to decrypt…