Some readers may have trouble accessing a notice from the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill due to an issue with Chrome, so I’m embedding the whole notification below. TL;DR version: some employees fell for a phishing attack and their email accounts may have been accessed between May 17,…
TX: PNGISD technology held for ransom
Mary Meaux reports: Port Neches-Groves Independent School District was hit by ransomware, causing the disruption of all technology connections on Tuesday. Assistant superintendent Julie Gauthier provided a statement about the cyber security attack, saying the district is working with local law enforcement and forensic and cyber security specialists to remedy the situation. Read more on…
CT: Starling Physicians Warns Patients of Data Breach
NBC reports: According to an announcement released Tuesday, Starling was the target of a cyber-phishing attack on February 8. When the Connecticut-based healthcare group learned of the breach, they secured the affected email accounts and hired a forensic security firm. On September 12, investigation found that the email accounts affected by the attack contained information…
Mexico’s Pemex Oil Suffers Ransomware Attack, $4.9 Million Demanded
Lawrence Abrams reports: Mexico’s state-owned oil company, Pemex, has suffered a DoppelPaymer ransomware attack that demanded $4.9 million USD in order to decrypt their files. On Sunday, November 10th, Pemex was hit with a ransomware attack that the company states affected less than 5% of their computers. Workers reported, though, that internal memos told them not to initially…
Israel Extradites Accused Russian Cybercriminal to U.S. (Updated)
Felicia Schwartz and Dustin Volz report: Israel said Tuesday that alleged Russian hacker Alexei Burkov, whom the Kremlin attempted to recover in an unusual prisoner exchange, was extradited to the U.S. to stand trial for a range of hacking-related crimes, including fraud, identity theft, computer intrusion and money laundering. According to the American request for…
Aussie ‘E-Crime Squad’ arrests crypto exchange owner, seizing his Bitcoin ATM
Yessi Bello Perez reports: Australian detectives have arrested a 38-year-old man as part of an investigation into an unregistered cryptocurrency exchange. The man, a resident in Cairnlea — a Melbourne suburb — was arrested at home, where police seized “a substantial amount of cash and false identification documents.” Authorities also seized a cryptocurrency ATM from a shopping mall in nearby Braybrook, which according to Google Maps is approximately 8 kilometres away from Cairnlea. Read more…