Anwesha Majumdar reports: As the ravaging Russia-Ukraine war has reached its 99th day, the chief of the United States’ Cyber Command, General Paul Nakasone, claimed that ‘offensive operation’ in support of war-torn Ukraine have been carried out by US military hackers. During an exclusive interview with Sky News, General Nakasone detailed how the separate “hunt forward” operations allowed…
Icare sends private details of 193,000 workers to wrong employers
Lucy Cormack reports: The personal details of almost 200,000 injured workers were mistakenly shared with 587 employers and insurance brokers in a major privacy data breach by embattled state insurer icare last month. A senior source with direct knowledge of the breach said the details of 193,000 employees were contained in spreadsheets that were mistakenly…
CISA Alert (AA22-152A): Karakurt Data Extortion Group
Summary The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Department of the Treasury (Treasury), and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to provide information on the Karakurt data extortion group, also known as the Karakurt Team and Karakurt Lair. Karakurt actors have…
WeLeakInfo.to and Related Domain Names Seized
WASHINGTON – The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice announced today that they have seized the internet domain name weleakinfo.to and two related domain names, ipstress.in and ovh-booter.com, following an international investigation into websites allowing users to buy access to stolen personal information or to perform attacks on victim networks. The announcement was made…
Pegasus Airlines data breach exposes 6.5TB of flight and crew data
Pegasus Airlines, a Turkish low-cost carrier, has accidentally leaked around 6.5TB of personal information of flight crew, flight data, and source code after misconfiguring an AWS bucket. Read more at Teiss.
Health P.E.I. alerts public of privacy breach after laptop stolen
Shane Ross reports: More than 4,000 patients and 1,200 Health P.E.I. employees are being notified of a privacy breach after an employee’s laptop was stolen in April. In a news release issued Wednesday, Health P.E.I. said the stolen laptop was password protected and information technology staff took steps to secure the information as soon as…