Lawrence Abrams reports: Rooster Teeth Productions have suffered a data breach that allowed attackers to steal credit card and other payment information from shoppers on the company’s online store. The production company, known for its popular shows and documentaries such as RTDocs, Crunch Time, Red vs. Blue, gen:LOCK, and Day 5, suffered an attack that…
AG Josh Shapiro reaches settlement with Expedia and Orbitz in 2018 data breach
Valeria de Leon reports: Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced on Friday, he reached a settlement with two online travel reservation companies after they potentially exposed information of thousands of people, including Pennsylvanians. The settlement follows an investigation led by Deputy Attorney General Timothy R. Murphy, into a data breach in 2018 involving Orbitz and its…
TX: City of Odessa notifies residents of Click2Gov breach
Seen on the city’s website: Post Date:12/12/2019 4:54 PM Click2Gov Security Breach ODESSA – We have learned of a data security incident that occurred between August 27, 2019 and October 14, 2019 that involved some of our customers’ credit/debit card information. The City of Odessa utilizes a third-party software product called Click2Gov to provide our…
NYPD Fingerprint Database Infected With Ransomware by Third Party Contractor
Nicole Lindsey reports In yet another sign that hackers are shifting their focus to public institutions and local municipalities, the New York Police Department (NYPD) has acknowledged that its fingerprint database was recently the target of an attempted ransomware attack. According to the NYPD’s Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology, the attempted ransomware attack was the…
Hackensack Meridian: We paid ransom to hackers to stop hospital cyber-attack
Michael L. Diamond reports: Hackensack Meridian Health paid an undisclosed amount in ransom to stop a cyber-attack that has disrupted the hospital owner’s computer network since it began last week, the company said Friday. The Edison-based company said it had insurance to help cover the costs associated with cyber-attacks, including payment, remediation and recovery efforts….
15 Million Debit Cards Exposed as Iranian Banks Fall Victim to Cyber Warfare
Avi Mizrahi reports: The private details of 15 million bank debit cards in Iran have been published on Telegram in the largest banking security incident in the country’s history. Iranian authorities so far try to blame the breach on common criminals but cyber security experts suspect it was the work of intelligence agencies from the…