Canadian managed service provider Pivot Technology Solutions was the victim of a ransomware attack in June. The good news is that the ransomware did not encrypt their systems. The bad news is that the attack resulted in some data of U.S. employees and consultants being exfiltrated. So far, I haven’t found any statement as to…
TX: Sheldon ISD notifies current and former staff and students of network breach (UPDATED)
Sheldon ISD in Houston, Texas posted a notification on July 24 concerning a cyberattack: Sheldon Independent School District (“Sheldon” or “we”) is committed to protecting the privacy and confidentiality of its students. This commitment extends to notifying our former students if we believe the security or privacy of their information may have been compromised. Sheldon…
Author of FastPOS malware revealed, pleads guilty
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A 30-year-old Moldovan man pleaded guilty on Friday for creating FastPOS, a strain of malware designed to infect computers processing payment card data from Point-of-Sale (POS) systems. Valerian Chiochiu, known in the hacking world as “Onassis” (after the Greek shipping magnate who married Jacqueline Kennedy), was part of the Infraud criminal organization….
Morgan Stanley Hit with Class Lawsuit Over Alleged Data Breaches
Jed Horowitz reports: Former and current Morgan Stanley customers have filed a putative class-action lawsuit alleging negligence and invasion of privacy over the firm’s failure to properly scrub decommissioned hardware of personal information such as social security numbers, account numbers and other personal data. Morgan Stanley earlier this month began notifying brokers and customers that some…
GandCrab ransomware operator arrested in Belarus
Ionut Ilascu reports: An affiliate of the GandCrab ransomware-as-a-business (RaaS) has been arrested, according to an official release. Authorities were able to identify the individual in cooperation with law enforcement in Romania and the U.K. The cybercriminal’s identity has not been published but Office “K” of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Belarus says that he…
Why a Data Breach at a Genealogy Site Has Privacy Experts Worried
Heather Murphy reports that a data security incident involving GEDmatch has people worried. GEDmatch already had privacy advocates worried because of the data it has shared with law enforcement. Now there was a new reason for concern….. The peculiar matches began early on a Sunday morning. Across the world, genealogists found that they had numerous…