Georgia-based Cytometry Specialists d/b/a CSI Laboratories (“CSI”) has reported a second big breach this year. In a press release issued this week, CSI reports that they discovered on July 8 that they had been the victim of a phishing attack that compromised an employee’s email account. The incident was reported to HHS on September 26…
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Internap Loses Customer Data, Shrugs, Doesn’t Apologize
raindog308 writes: Internap was the victim of a ransomware attack and responded today by announcing they were simply quitting a variety of businesses. On Wednesday, September 28th, between the hours of 2:11 am CDT and 5:41 am CDT, INAP was the target of a ransomware attack that affected the services we provide to you. Unfortunately, your services are…
Netwalker Affiliate, Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, Sentenced to 20 years in prison
A Canadian man was sentenced to 20 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $21,500,000 today for his role in NetWalker ransomware attacks. The Court will order restitution at a later date. According to court documents, Sebastian Vachon-Desjardins, 35, of Gatineau, Quebec, participated in a sophisticated form of ransomware known as NetWalker. NetWalker ransomware has…
HSE hack victims who had personal information stolen have not been told they were targets
Ferghal Blaney reports: Hacking victims who had their personal information stolen during the HSE ransomware attack last year have not been told they were targeted. It’s a legal requirement for the health authority’s IT management to inform them under GDPR rules. The HSE said in a statement that it was taking time to get through all of the…
“CISA wasted our time, we waste CISA reputation” — Vice Society
Over the Labor Day weekend, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) experienced a ransomware attack. Although their initial disclosure did not name the ransomware group involved, CISA issued an alert on September 6 about Vice Society attacking the education sector. Two days later, Vice Society acknowledged responsibility for the attack on LAUSD. LAUSD decided…
Why won’t they tell you that your data were leaked? Why doesn’t the government make them tell you?
For the past few years, DataBreaches has called out victims of cyberattacks who do not fully disclose how bad a breach was. Weasel words such as something “may have” happened when a victim knows damned well that it wasn’t just “may have” but did happen are just one example. Another example involves victims who claim…