Joshua Jongsma reports: Two New York men hacked the personal information of 50 North Jersey public employees, mostly police officers, and posted much of it online, authorities said. Evan Koulikov, 21, of Spring Valley, New York also made harassing phone calls to many of the victims, according to the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. Eric Williams,…
TH: Young hackers accused of stealing, selling food discount codes
The Bangkok Post reports: Two student hackers allegedly stole online discount codes for restaurant food and sold them to friends – costing the restaurants an estimated million baht in unauthorised discounts on deliveries. University students Jirapat Yuenying, 20, and Supawat Weeraburut, 21, were arrested at their house in Muang district of Khon Kaen on Monday,…
School officials: Ransomware prompts school closure in Flagstaff (updated)
No specific details about type of ransomware or any ransom demands, but schools are closed in Flagstaff, AZ today due to a ransomware attack that impacted a number of systems needed for day-to-day operations. Video news clip here: https://www.fox10phoenix.com/video/601919 Update of Sept. 6: Still no specifics as to what type of ransomware, but the district…
Ransomware gang wanted $5.3 million from US city, but they only offered $400,000
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A ransomware gang tried to extract a ransom payment of an unheard-of sum of $5.3 million from the city of New Bedford, Massachusetts, but the city chose to restore from backups after hackers rejected a smaller counter-offer of only $400,000. The incident happened in early July, but details were kept under wraps…
OH: UC Health to Notify Patients of Phishing Incident
On September 4, UC Health in Cincinnati disclosed that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. In a press release posted on their site, they report that on July 6, they learned of a phishing attack that led to unauthorized access to “a limited number of UC Health…
CT: Police investigate attempted Sherman School data breach
Kendra Baker reports: State Police are investigating the discovery of ransomware on Sherman School computer servers last month. Ransomware is a software designed to deny access to data or a computer system until a ransom is paid. The malware was found in the school’s computer system Aug. 16, said Jeff Melendez, superintendent-principal of the Sherman…