Update and note: After this post appeared and was posted on Mastodon, some people complained about the original headline, characterizing it as “clickbait.” That was not my intention. I was just trying to accurately describe what I saw as the most noteworthy part of the situation without mentioning either CSAM or CP in the headline…
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HCA Healthcare releases statement while hacker puts data up for sale on deep web (update1)
On July 5, while some folks were cleaning up from fireworks and barbecues, DataBreaches broke the news that HCA Healthcare data was up for sale on a deep web forum if the company didn’t meet some unspecified demands. Since that time, DataBreaches has remained in some contact with the seller, who has occasionally provided additional…
NYC schools disclose student and staff information affected by MOVEit breach; National Student Clearinghouse silent on question of extortion payment
Jessica Gould reports: The New York City Department of Education estimates that the personal data of some 45,000 students was compromised as part of a breach involving the file transfer software MOVEit. Officials said the compromised data includes social security numbers, birth dates and certain student evaluations, though the specific types of data breached varies…
Ransomware Gang Haunted US Firms Long Before MOVEit Hack
Jamie Tarabay reports: Shell Plc, IAG SA’s British Airways, the British Broadcasting Corp., the state of Minnesota’s Department of Education, multiple federal agencies — they’re among the victims of the latest data breach launched by Clop, a Russian-speaking hacking group that’s attacking targets around the world in both the public and private sectors. The Clop gang, also known as…
US Energy Dept gets two ransom notices as MOVEit hack claims more victims
Reuters reports: WASHINGTON: The U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign, a spokesperson said on Friday. The DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, the…
Energy Department and other federal agencies affected by MOVEit breach
AP reports: The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments, but the impact was not expected to be great, Homeland Security officials said Thursday. But for others among what could be hundreds of victims from industry…