Jeff Francis reports that Maastricht University in the Netherlands paid a Bitcoin ransom of US$220,000 to hackers who infected the university’s system with malware on December 24 after an employee fell for a phishing attack the previous month: The hackers, later identified as TA505, a Russian criminal gang, demanded a ransom of 30 bitcoins, which was…
Golden Entertainment addresses data breach
Casino Beats reports: Golden Entertainment has notified customers, employees, and vendors of an incident involving unauthorised access to employee’ email accounts. […] The investigation undertaken by Golden Entertainment led to the finding that access was obtained to the email accounts multiple times between 30 May 2019 and 6 October 2019. Despite the findings in regards to…
Ex-CIA Employee Wrongly Blamed for Leak, Defense Argues
Rebecca Davis O’Brien reports: Federal prosecutors have unfairly blamed a former Central Intelligence Agency employee for the 2017 disclosure of a trove of CIA hacking tools, the former employee’s lawyer told a federal jury Tuesday. The lawyer, Sabrina Shroff, said the government pinned the 2017 leak on her client, Joshua Adam Schulte, because he was an…
Salesforce Data Breach Suit Cites California Privacy Law
Daniel R. Stoller reports: Salesforce.com Inc. and a children’s clothing company face data-breach allegations in a federal court lawsuit that is among the first to cite California’s landmark privacy law since it took effect Jan. 1. Salesforce and Hanna Andersson failed to protect user data, safeguard platforms or provide cybersecurity warnings, alleges the complaint filed…
UK: Data leak exposes 17,000 yachting industry professionals
Lucy Ingham reports: A data breach at UK-based Crew and Concierge Limited has exposed the personal data of 17,379 people of 50 different nationalities working in the yachting industry. Crew and Concierge is an international recruitment agency specialising in securing staff for ultra-high-net-worth clients’ yachts operating around the world. Read more on Verdict.
City of Racine attacked with ransomware
Christine Flores reports: Ransomware has infected the City of Racine’s computer systems. The doors at City Hall remained open Monday, Feb. 3. In fact, people were encouraged to conduct their business in person since the ransomware attack impacted the city’s website, email, and online payment system. Read more on CBS58.