Joseph Cox of 404 Media in collaboration with Court Watch writes: The FBI managed to track down and freeze millions of dollars of cryptocurrency Caesars Entertainment sent to a group of hackers that held the casino’s computer systems ransom, according to a 404 Media and Court Watch review of a recently unsealed court document. According…
Oracle Health breach compromises patient data at US hospitals
Oracle Health is becoming this year’s poster child for how NOT to respond to an incident. Lawrence Abrams reports: A breach at Oracle Health impacts multiple US healthcare organizations and hospitals after a threat actor stole patient data from legacy servers. Oracle Health has not yet publicly disclosed the incident, but in private communications sent to…
Cyber-crew claims it cracked American cableco, releases terrible music video to prove it
Iain Thomson reports: A cyber-crime ring calling itself Arkana has made a cringe music video to boast of an alleged theft of subscriber account data from Colorado-based cableco WideOpenWest (literally, WOW!) The video features gloomy music plus narration and text in Russian that claims – which screenshots of what looks like compromised internal WOW! systems –…
Change Healthcare Seeks Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuits Brought by Consumers and Medical Providers
Irvin Jackson reports: Change Healthcare Inc. has filed a number of motions to dismiss lawsuits brought on behalf of both individuals and healthcare providers, seeking damages for a massive data breach last year, which exposed private health information for about a third of all Americans, and disrupted the processing of medical payments for providers nationwide….
Furry hackers who leaked Project 2025 firm’s data fear leader raided by feds
Mikael Thalen reports: Individuals with connections to SiegedSec, the now-defunct group of “gay furry hackers” who leaked data relating to the think tank behind Project 2025, believe their former leader may have been arrested in a raid by law enforcement. In remarks to X on Wednesday, @mewmrrpmeow, a former member of the group, stated that “vio,” who once…
Canadian citizen allegedly involved in Snowflake attacks consents to extradition to US
Matt Kapko reports that a Canadian national has consented to be extradited to the United States to face federal charges that could send him away for a long, long time: A Canadian citizen is one step closer to standing trial in the United States for his alleged involvement in a series of attacks targeting as…