Clifford Lo reports that the HK Department of Health might have caught a break on a recent ransomware attack: Hong Kong’s Department of Health has become the latest victim of a cyberattack after three of its computers were hit by ransomware which left data inaccessible, prompting police to open a criminal investigation. The targeted computers…
NZ: Taranaki High School in digital lockdown after hacker demands US$5000 to release school work video
Catherine Groenestein reports: An anonymous computer hacker has demanded US$5000 from a provincial high school to return course work they are holding for ransom. Hāwera High School staff in South Taranaki switched on their computers on Monday to discover a message demanding payment for the return of encrypted data on a server containing students’ work…
Jury Convicts Anonymous Hacker Who DDoSed Children’s Hospital, Later Got Lost at Sea
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A member of the Anonymous hacker collective was found guilty this week in a trial for a series of cyber-attacks the man had conducted in 2014, including some aimed at children’s hospitals. The hacker —Martin Gottesfeld, 32, of Sommerville, Massachusetts— was one of the main driving forces behind the #OpJustina Anonymous campaign….
Jersey Mike’s Warns Customers To Reset Passwords
Abeerah Hashim reports: Jersey Mike’s Subs’ recent emails to its customers have made them suspicious of a cyber attack. The firm has warned its customers to ensure their accounts’ security and has asked them to change passwords. However, they advise that Jersey Mikes has not been a source of any data breach insinuating that some…
Aerospace corp Elbit Systems Breached, 10,000 accounts leaked
Israel is no stranger to cyber incidents and today a user on twitter has posted over 10,000 accounts from a aerospace and defense corporation Elbit Systems. The leak was announced by @Th3Falcon earlier today and was posted to privatebin.net with over 10,000 credentials for users and administors from elbit systems. Data in the leak contains…
Department of Human Services Alerts HHS and Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error
If you are like me, you might not realize from their original headline, “Department of Human Services Alerts Pennsylvanians of Compass System Error” that they’re talking about a breach involving PHI. I just figured North was pointing South for a while or something like that…. Anyway, here is the notice that explains their recent report…