Nicole Leonard reports: A Pennsylvania judge has cleared the way for a $65 million settlement with Lehigh Valley Health Network in a data breach case that involved stolen medical records and nude photos of cancer patients, taken during exams, posted on the dark web by a Russian cybergang. At a hearing Friday in Lackawanna County Court, Senior…
Authority: Up to 300k people impacted in City of Helsinki’s massive data breach
YLE News reports: The Safety Investigation Authority of Finland (Otkes) is continuing an investigation of a massive data breach that targeted the City of Helsinki last spring. Otkes said investigators have already collected more than 90 percent of the data involved in the exceptionally large-scale breach. The City first announced news of the breach in the spring….
Hackers now sending physical malicious letters, Swiss authorities warn
Ernestas Naprys reports: Is there anything threat actors won’t do to gain initial access? Swiss authorities are warning about a new sophisticated cybersecurity threat – malicious counterfeit letters. Cyber bandits have launched a malicious campaign across Switzerland using counterfeit letters that appear to be from MeteoSwiss (the Federal Office of Meteorology and Climatology). The victims…
Three Indiana residents charged in nationwide sim-swapping conspiracy
Three Indiana residents have been charged with conspiracy in connection with a SIM-swapping operation. According to the sealed indictment filed on Nov. 7, 2024, Indigo Kiara Graham, 27, Cortez Tarmar Crawford, 22, and Trevon Demar Allen, 30, all residents of Elkhart, Indiana , allegedly conspired with each other and others to unjustly enrich themselves by…
Leaked info of 122 million linked to B2B data aggregator breach
Bill Toulas reports: The business contact information for 122 million people circulating since February 2024 is now confirmed to have been stolen from a B2B demand generation platform. The data comes from DemandScience (formerly Pure Incubation), a B2B demand generation company that aggregates data. […] In the case of DemandScience, the firm collected business data from…
Top White House cyber official urges Trump to focus on ransomware, China
Jonathan Grieg reports: Anne Neuberger, the U.S. deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technologies, spoke at Columbia University on Wednesday and was asked about what pressing cyber challenges the new administration should tackle in its first 100 days. “I’m going to put them into three bins. China, criminal groups like ransomware actors, and…