As reported first by DataBreaches.net, Click2Mail was investigating allegations that they had had a breach. They have now responded to this site’s inquiry on October 4th with a copy of the statement they are sending out to all customers today, below. Update: In a follow-up communication, Lee Garvey, President and CEO of Click2Mail, informs this…
“This is the word of honor hacker.” says the scammer who tries to extort you.
I received another one of those “I hacked your OS and will send screenshots of all the adult sites you visited, blahblahblah” emails. As I do, I checked the BTC wallet. I am always glad if I find no payments, but when I went to check the BTC wallet for this particular one, I found…
LA: Magnolia Pediatrics notifying patients after attack on IT vendor resulted in ransomware infection
Ellyn Couvillion reports: A pediatrics practice in Prairieville is working with the FBI and has notified its patients’ families of a ransomware virus that in August attacked the computer network of the information technology company that provides IT services for the clinic. Read more on The Advocate.
Breached license plate recognition provider back to work for CBP
Chris Burt reports: Perceptics, the automated license plate reader company that suffered a massive breach of data it had collected under contract to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), has agreed to new security controls and will be allowed to continue working with the agency, The Washington Post reports. At the time of the data breach, an…
CT: Hackers Target Weston Students In Phishing Scheme
Zak Failla reports: Hackers have targeted students at a Fairfield County High School in a recent phishing scheme that came to light. Several students have received questionable emails that stated their accounts had been hacked. In reality, the accounts were fine and the messages were phishing emails by opportunistic scammers. Read more on Westport Weston…
Sberbank says sensational data theft fully solved
Andrei Skvarsky reports: The source of last week’s sensational leak of Sberbank credit card details took “hours” to find out, Russia’s biggest lender said in announcing that the theft had been fully solved. The bank said in a statement that the data, which were put on sale in the black market, had been stolen by a junior…