AnnaMaria Andriotis reports: Equifax is nearing a deal to settle a slew of state and federal investigations into a 2017 data breach that exposed nearly 150 million Americans’ Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal information. Under the agreement, the credit-reporting firm would pay around $700 million to settle with the Federal Trade Commission, the…
Hackers Publish List of Phished Discord Credentials
Joseph Cox reports: Earlier this week a group of hackers published a list of email addresses and passwords they say they phished from users of gaming chat platform Discord. The list is small, totalling in at only around 2,500 logins, but the news still acts as a reminder that Discord users need to remain vigilant…
Former Government Contractor Sentenced to Nine Years in Federal Prison for Willful Retention of National Defense Information
U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett today sentenced Harold Thomas Martin, III, age 54, of Glen Burnie, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for willful retention of national defense information. According to his plea agreement, from December 1993 through Aug. 27, 2016, Martin was employed by at least…
QuickBooks Cloud Hosting Firm iNSYNQ Hit in Ransomware Attack
Brian Krebs writes: Cloud hosting provider iNSYNQ says it is trying to recover from a ransomware attack that shut down its network and has left customers unable to access their accounting data for the past three days. Read more on KrebsOnSecurity.com.
Hackers breach 62 US colleges by exploiting ERP vulnerability
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Hackers have breached the systems of 62 colleges and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) web app, the US Department of Education said in a security alert sent out this week. The vulnerability is in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor, a module of the Ellucian Banner ERP that…
SC: Hackers attack Midlands Tech
Cyber criminals hit Midlands Technical College computers Wednesday. They inserted a virus that could have affected the entire college system.. Officials shut down the system to prevent the virus from being spread. For several hours, administrators, faculty and students could not use email or online classes, Midlands Tech spokesperson Stefanie Goebeler told The State newspaper….