While a number of U.S. casinos have reported payment card breaches over the past four years, a new report from Mandiant indicates that some casinos in Canada appear to have been under attack from hackers who, after acquiring customer and corporate data, attempt to extort the casinos. Whether all of the Canadian casinos that have…
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CD Projekt Red Reveals Cyberpunk 2077 Data Theft
Aiden Strawhun reports: The Witcher 3 developer CD Projekt Red has another much-anticipated project in the works, but it seems the situation is getting a bit dire. Announced by the development team on Twitter, a person or group has stolen documents and files related to their forthcoming game Cyberpunk 2077 and is demanding a ransom….
Calling time of death on HHS’s “breach tool”
I was excited back in 2010 when HHS started posting breaches on what some would call the “wall of shame.” I knew that we’d only learn about breaches involving HIPAA-covered entities, but at least we were finally starting to get some actual data. Now, more than 6 years later, it’s become clear to me that it’s probably best to just call time of death…
Is FBI Telling Hollywood to “Pay the Ransom?”
Tatiana Siegel reports that there have been “at least a half-dozen extortion attempts against Hollywood firms over the past six months alone, say sources in the cybersecurity industry.” And things are so bad, it seems, that: The frequency of the attacks has overwhelmed the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, which has been unable to properly…
Hackers Find Celebrities’ Weak Links in Their Vendor Chains
Nicole Perlroth reports on how hackers go after vendors and contractors to gain access to their real targets. It’s something TheDarkOverlord emphasized repeatedly in discussing their attacks with me since last year, and Perlroth provides other examples as well: In December, hackers impersonating an executive at Interscope Records, the record label owned by Universal Music Group,…
“They’re back:” Grey Eagle Casino hackers dump more data
Back in January, this site reported that Grey Eagle Resort & Casino in Calgary had been hacked and some personal employee data had been dumped. At the time, the hackers threatened to dump more data. The casino never responded to multiple inquiries from this site about the breach, but did confirm it to Global News. No explanation…