Charlotte Lee reports: Taiwan’s second-largest crypto platform BitoPro suffered a cyberattack on May 8, losing an estimated NT$345 million (US$11.5 million), blockchain analyst ZachXBT revealed Monday. The Financial Supervisory Commission’s Securities and Futures Bureau confirmed the security breach and announced that BitoPro will be required to issue an official public statement regarding the incident, CTEE reported. Operator…
Texas gastroenterology and surgical practice victim of ransomware attack
The InterLock ransomware leak site recently added Texas Digestive Specialists to its listings, claiming to have exfiltrated (and leaked) 263 GB of data consisting of 16,920 folders with 215,245 files. Finding no indication of anything amiss or any breach disclosure on the medical group’s website, DataBreaches sampled selectively from the data tranche. We noticed evidence…
Romanian Citizen Pleads Guilty to ‘Swatting’ Numerous Members of Congress, Churches, and Former U.S. President
Leader of Online Swatting Ring Admits to Targeting over 75 Public Officials, Four Religious Institutions, and Multiple Journalists in Nationwide Bomb Threat Spree June 2, 2025. Thomasz Szabo, also known as Plank, Jonah, and Cypher, 26, of Romania, pleaded guilty today to being the leader of a years-long conspiracy that targeted victims across the United…
North Dakota Enacts Financial Data Security and Data Breach Notification Requirements
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On April 11, 2025, the North Dakota governor signed H.B. 1127 (the “Act”), which establishes new data security measures and breach notification obligations for financial corporations. Covered entities include those that are regulated by the North Dakota Department of Financial Institutions and exclude financial institutions, such as banks, and credit unions. Key requirements,…
Pro-Ukraine hacker group Black Owl poses ‘major threat’ to Russia, Kaspersky says
Daryna Antoniuk reports: A little-known hacking group has emerged as a major threat to Russian state institutions and critical industries, carrying out attacks aimed at causing maximum disruption and extracting financial gain, according to a new report. BO Team, also known as Black Owl, has been active since early 2024 and appears to operate independently,…
Vanta bug exposed customers’ data to other customers
Zack Whittaker reports: Compliance company Vanta has confirmed that a bug exposed the private data of some of its customers to other Vanta customers. The company told TechCrunch that the data exposure was a result of a product code change and not caused by an intrusion. Vanta, which helps corporate customers automate their security and…