As previously reported, Nova Scotia Power confirmed that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack in March but had not paid the ransom demands. They declined to publicly name the threat group or individual responsible. Their most recent incident update of June 25 provides some additional information for customers. On July 3, Nova…
No need to hack when it’s leaking: Brandt Kettwick Defense edition
A recent survey of 500 U.S. law firms by Proton reported that one in five law firms were targeted in a cyberattack in the past year, and 8% of law firms (39% of those who reported a cyberattack) reported losing data or suffering exposure. To make matters even worse, Proton found that 65% weren’t familiar with…
SK Telecom to be fined for late data breach report, ordered to waive cancellation fees, criminal investigation into them launched
SK Telecom continues to deal with the substantial consequences of a data breach affecting its 23 million customers. In early April, the telecom reportedly discovered signs of a massive leak of customers’ universal subscriber identity module (USIM) data due to a cyberattack. They offered free replacement of the USIMs to all their 23 million users,…
Louis Vuitton Korea suffers cyberattack as customer data leaked
Bloomberg reports: Louis Vuitton Korea suffered a cyberattack that compromised some customer data, the second time in recent months that hackers have targeted the world’s largest luxury group. The Korean unit of LVMH’s flagship brand said an “unauthorised third party” accessed its systems on June 8 and some customer information was leaked. No financial data…
Hunters International to provide free decryptors for all victims as they shut down (2)
At the beginning of 2025, it appeared that Hunters International was abandoning encrypting victims and was re-branding as World Leaks. But Hunters kept updating their leak site with new encryption incidents instead of going extortion-only and becoming World Leaks. A World Leaks spokesperson subsequently informed DataBreaches that they had parted company with Hunters International over…
SEC and SolarWinds Seek Settlement in Securities Fraud Case
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: In a surprising development in the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC’s”) ongoing securities fraud case against SolarWinds Corp. (“SolarWinds”) and its former chief information security officer (“CISO”), Timothy Brown, all three parties have petitioned the judge for a stay pending final settlement. Until the SEC’s four commissioners can vote to…