Dev Kundaliya reports: A major cyberattack has disrupted operations at multiple schools across Lancashire. The ransomware attack, which occurred last week, targeted the Fylde Coast Academy Trust (FCAT), compromising its IT infrastructure and limiting access to school systems. All 10 institutions under the FCAT umbrella have been affected. They include four major academies in Blackpool – Armfield…
BreachForums Users and Staff are Being Doxed to Erode Trust in the Forum. Will It Work?
BreachForums, a popular hacking-related forum that is on both the clear net and dark web, offers posts about how to “dox” individuals using open source intelligence (OSINT). Ironically, perhaps, some former or current BreachForums users are discovering this week that they have been doxed, and their doxes have been or will be released publicly. A…
NY: Keuka Colllege claims it is uncertain whether PII affected in attack by LockBit; but why?
Note: The following press release from Keuka College does not mention that this attack was claimed by LockBit in May and added to LockBit’s leak site in August. Sept. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Keuka College has learned of a data security incident that may have involved personal information. On April 25, 2024, the College identified suspicious activity…
Hacktivist Group Twelve Targets Russian Entities with Destructive Cyber Attacks
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: A hacktivist group known as Twelve has been observed using an arsenal of publicly available tools to conduct destructive cyber attacks against Russian targets. “Rather than demand a ransom for decrypting data, Twelve prefers to encrypt victims’ data and then destroy their infrastructure with a wiper to prevent recovery,” Kaspersky said in a Friday…
Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority Discloses Breach Earlier This Year
Muskogee City County Enhanced 911 Trust Authority (“MCC911”) confirmed yesterday that it experienced a ransomware attack earlier this year. According to a press release, MCC911 first detected unusual system activity on July 25, 2024 that indicated they had been the victims of a ransomware attack. MCC911 immediately began an investigation and took steps to contain…
Youth hostels apparently victims of ransomware gang Hunters International
Dirk Knop reports: Around three weeks ago, the German Youth Hostel Association (DJH), which includes around 450 youth hostels, experienced computer problems, as reported by regional media. According to these reports, the hostels’ servers went down on August 30. Now the ransomware group Hunters has claimed on the darknet to have broken into the youth hostels and…