Drawing upon the incredible work of Doug Levin and his K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center, Jill Barshay of The Hechinger Report highlights some of Doug’s findings — findings the GAO relied heavily upon in their recent report. How you tabulate breaches can make a huge difference in the public’s — and Congress’s — understanding of the…
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CERT-in warns Indian companies about Egregor that sweeps IT system of organisations and steals data
CIOL Bureau reports: The country’s cybersecurity agency CERT-in has alerted users against the malicious spread of ransomware virus ‘Egregor’ that threatens to release sensitive corporate data of the victim organisation if not paid. The CERT-In or the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team said in the latest advisory that “while the initial infection vector and propagation…
Val-de-Marne: Alfortville town hall paralyzed by a computer attack
archyde reports: The municipal computers were suddenly paralyzed Wednesday evening: “a general plantade”, in the words of the mayor PS of Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), Luc Carvounas. Its town hall was the target of a cyber attack by “ransomware”, that is to say that the hackers managed to enter the computer system and to exfiltrate, before encrypting…
Luxottica has a lot more explaining to do
Update: My source was correct. On November 12, HHS added Luxottica’s report to their public breach tool. Luxottica reported, as a business associate, that 829,454 patients were impacted by the August breach. In September, we learned that the eyewear giant Luxottica had suffered a massive ransomware attack that resulted in its suspending operations in both…
Hackers Asked Gaming Giant CAPCOM to Pay an $11 Million in Bitcoin Ransom
Ali Raza reports: Ransomware hackers reportedly breached the servers of gaming giant CAPCOM. The hackers have come out to request 11 million in Bitcoin from the Resident Evil creator or risk losing their data to the public. The ransomware attack affected access to certain systems such as file and email servers, as it encrypted 1TB…
Almost 11 million patients impacted by Blackbaud incident — and still counting
Earlier this week, Marianne Kolbasuk McGee had a follow-up piece on the Blackbaud ransomware incident. As part of her update, she reported that Blackbaud would not provide answers when asked about the number or names of clients involved in the incident who had patient data or medical information of donors involved. McGee notes: A snapshot…