Catalin Cimpanu reports: The FBI has arrested a Russian national believed to be behind Deer.io, a Shopify-like platform that hosts online stores where hackers advertise and sell hacked accounts and stolen user information. The suspect, named Kirill Victorovich Firsov, was arrested on Saturday, March 7, at the John F. Kennedy Airport, in New York, according…
Talkspace threatened to sue a security researcher over a bug report
Zack Whittaker reports that Talkspace threatened a researcher who blogged about a problem he found on their site in signing up for a free year’s subscription. John Jackson said he was able to sign up to Talkspace, a popular therapy app, as if he were an employee at one of the companies whose health insurance…
Fort Worth ISD Hacked, Joining Other Texas Schools, Towns Hit By Ransomware Attacks
Bill Zeeble reports: Fort Worth ISD spokesperson Clint Bond said the hack affected him as much as the other district teachers and staff. “All I know is all of a sudden my computer stopped working on Tuesday morning at about 6:30,” said Bond. The ransomware also affected the district’s website. Bond saidFort Worth ISD will…
Mistrial declared at federal trial of accused CIA leaker Joshua Schulte
Ben Feuerherd and Jorge Fitz-GibbonMarch report: A Manhattan federal judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case of a former CIA programmer accused of turning over a trove of secret documents to Wikileaks. US District Judge Paul Crotty made the call in the case of accused leaker Joshua Schulte after the jury declared itself “extremely…
NC: Durham City and County services targeted in cyber attack, 80 servers taken offline
Elaina Athans reports: Whether you call the Durham Police Station or the city’s fire department, you’ll get the same message, a recording that plays, “line has been disconnected.” It’s the result of widespread hacking. Durham city officials said 80 servers were taken offline after a cyber malware attack late Friday night. Read more on ABC11.
Computer systems at University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare hobbled by massive, month-long cyber attack
Alex Acquisto reports: The University of Kentucky and UK HealthCare conducted a major reboot of their computer systems early Sunday morning in an effort to end a month-long cyber attack that university officials say is the most substantial cyber intrusion in university history. The unidentified “threat actors” infiltrated Kentucky’s largest university system in early February…