Devlin Barrett reports: A key law enforcement computer network has been down for 10 weeks, the victim of a ransomware attack that has frustrated efforts by senior officials to get the system back up and running — raising concerns about how to secure critical crime-fighting operations. While the initial breach of a computer system within…
Nashua School District hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack; classes to go on as scheduled Monday
Jessica Kisluk reports: The Nashua School District said classes will go on as scheduled Monday after it was hit by a “sophisticated” cyberattack Sunday. The district said it is working with a third-party investigator to determine the nature and scope of the attack. “We are working diligently to investigate the incident, confirm its impact on…
HC3: Sector Alert Report: New Data Breaches from Cl0p and Lockbit Ransomware Groups
April 28, 2023 New Data Breaches from Cl0p and Lockbit Ransomware Groups Executive Summary Ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) groups Cl0p and Lockbit recently conducted several distinct attacks, exploiting three known vulnerabilities (CVE-2023-27351, CVE-2023-27350, and CVE-2023-0669). The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) added the latter two vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog but has not yet…
U. of Iowa Health Care denies sharing patient data with Facebook, but are they right?
DataBreaches never accused U. of Iowa Health Care of sharing patient data with Facebook, but it seems that someone did. Clark Kaufmann reports: The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics is denying that it shares any confidential patient information with Facebook. Last week, lawyers for an Iowa woman, Eileen Yeisley, filed suit against UIHC in…
Court records online include private information for thousands of Missouri residents
Josh Renaud reports: Documents containing Social Security numbers and other private information for thousands of Missourians are accessible to anyone using the Casenet website, the state’s judicial records system, the Post-Dispatch recently discovered. Missouri Supreme Court officials have acknowledged the issue after being alerted by the Post-Dispatch, and they fixed one vulnerability on Casenet. But…
TIC Hosting Solutions customer data leaked? What, if anything, happened there? (1)
DataBreaches has received a tip that TIC Hosting Solutions in Romania had a recent data breach affecting customer data. The tipster provided an .SQL database called “Galactic” as an example of data being leaked. The users table included usernames and email addresses, including one for “tichhosting.” This site was unable to reach TIC Hosting Solutions…