Allardyce Bower Consulting paid more than $14,000 for a cyber insurance policy that included ransom coverage, but when they needed it, the insurer refused to pay. Had the business made a grave error in security? Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice writes: Allardyce Bower Consulting (ABC) was the victim of a severe cyberattack attributed…
Before Their Telegram Channel Was Banned Again, ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Dropped Files Doxing Government Employees (2)
On October 16 and 17, the ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Telegram channel repeatedly violated Telegram’s TOS by leaking personal information on people — and in this case, information on employees of the Department of Justice (DOJ/FBI), U.S. Attorneys Office (DOJ/USAO), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). DataBreaches did not report on it…
Scenes from a “No Kings” Protest, 10-18-25
The following are just a few of the pictures I took today at a “No Kings” protest held in Nassau County, New York. It was a peaceful protest. There was a larger-than-expected turnout, with minimal and respectful police presence. As I anticipated in my post explaining why I was going, there were a lot of…
No Kings. Not Today. Not Ever.
The following is a personal statement. Today is a day of national protest against the authoritarian regime being imposed by a narcissist and those who are afraid to stand up to him. Today is the day when my husband — an arch-Conservative who has never participated in a political protest in his life — is…
Massachusetts hospitals Heywood, Athol say outage was a cybersecurity incident
Joseph Topping reports: Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital said a network outage this week was caused by a cybersecurity incident. The hospitals said they took affected systems offline and engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm. The facilities—Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts, and Athol Hospital in Athol, Massachusetts—remain open and caring for patients; earlier in the week…
Data BreachesProsper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts
Ionut Arghire reports: More than 17 million individuals were likely impacted by a data breach at peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper, data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned warns. Prosper disclosed the incident last month, noting that hackers accessed its network and stole confidential, proprietary, and personal information from its systems. According to the US-based…