While everyone understandably raises alarms about the possible impact of a ransomware attack, let us never forget that simple, stupid, careless, willful, or just human errors can create significant safety risks for people. A foster family in Missouri is raising concerns about what may be two separate breaches that pose safety risks to them and…
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Threat actors sometimes name the wrong victims — so why are you just repeating their claims?
Since March, 2021, data exfiltrated from Butler County Sheriff’s Office has been dumped on the dark web and clear net, but those affected may never have known that because the threat actors named the wrong victim. Relying too much on the word of criminals, researchers and compilations also misidentified the victim. Researchers and journalists should…
When the charm offensive didn’t work, threat actors just opted to be offensive
In 2020, those of us who report on ransomware attacks witnessed what some described as a “charm offensive” — spokespeople for ransomware groups granting interviews to journalists in which the threat actors tried to make themselves sound like professionals who have an ethics code and who are just trying to provide for their families. Those…
Eskenazi Health now says some patient, employee information stolen in cyber attack
Shari Rudavsky reports that, as first reported by this site in August, Eskenazi Health officials have announced that information from patients and employees was stolen and released on the dark web. The hospital will send a letter to all individuals impacted, detailing what types of information the cybercriminals obtained. Read more on IndyStar.
GrupoGSS data appears on the internet after what appeared to be a ransom agreement …. went nowhere?
On September 25, DataBreaches.net reported that GrupoGSS, a division of Covisian, had been the victim of a ransomware attack by Conti. In a statement to DataBreaches.net, Covisian confirmed the attack but also stated: We hereby confirm that neither GSS nor Covisian have conducted negotiations of any kind with anyone regarding the cyberattack. Their firm denial,…
Mx: El Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (Inmegen) hit by cyberattack
The same group of threat actors who recently hit the South African National Space Agency (SANSA), are now claiming to have hit a Mexican government health agency that is involved in COVID testing or research: El Instituto Nacional de Medicina Genómica (Inmegen). Limited data has been publicly dumped so far, but it appears to include…