Amanda Anderson reports: The personal information of about one million Park’N Fly customers was accessed during a data breach last month. The company confirms a third party accessed its network through unauthorized remote VPN access between July 11 and July 13. When the hack was detected the company said its information technology team and a…
Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years
Solomon Klappholz reports: Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturer’s internal systems. Toyota has confirmed its network was breached after a threat actor listed a 240GB trove of data stolen from the company’s internal systems on an underground hacking forum. The…
About a post deletion yesterday
Yesterday, DataBreaches posted an update to a situation involving the threat actor known as “USDoD.” The update was based on a screencapped interaction he reportedly had with a third party that he asked the third party to forward to me. I interpreted his interaction and message to mean that he would not be turning hismelf…
HIPAA Security Rule Facility Access Controls – What are they and how do you implement them?
August 2024 OCR Cybersecurity Newsletter HIPAA Security Rule Facility Access Controls – What are they and how do you implement them? Available online at https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/security/guidance/cybersecurity-newsletter-august-2024/index.html In today’s environment of increased cyber-attacks and breaches of electronic protected health information (ePHI)1 caused by hacking, malware, or ransomware, HIPAA covered entities2 and business associates3 (collectively, “regulated entities”) may overlook the need for…
Hacker known as “USDoD” who stole 3 billion US data records: doxxed and Brazilian
The following is a Google machine translation of an article by TecMundo: The top cybersecurity news story in the United States in August involved the leak of 2.7 billion Social Security numbers , similar to social security numbers. The cybercriminal group that claimed responsibility for the attack is USDoD , which is also known for hacking into companies around…
Alleged member of Karakurt extradited and charged in Ohio
Let’s start with the press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Ohio: CINCINNATI – A member of a Russian cybercrime group has been charged federally and appeared in U.S. District Court in Cincinnati today. A federal grand jury indicted Deniss Zolotarjovs, 33, of Moscow, Russia, charging him with conspiring to…