Sergiu Gatlan reports: Senior officials from more than 30 countries said that their governments would take action to disrupt the illicit cryptocurrency payment channels used by ransomware gangs to finance their operations. The joint statement was issued following the virtual Counter-Ransomware Initiative meetings facilitated this week by the White House National Security Council in response to ongoing…
Za: Hacker found guilty of fraud after email swindle
A 35-year-old computer hacker was convicted for fraud at the regional court in Gqeberha on Thursday. Raydson Lehlogonolo Ntsala was arrested after swindling R350,000 from his unsuspecting victim in 2017. He hacked the victim’s computer, later pretended to be her broker, and went on to solicit the amount using email. Read more on HeraldLive.
Informed of a data leak in July, Brazilian integrator platform continued to expose more than 1.75 billion files
Updated at 11:11 am: DataBreaches.net has been informed the data have been secured. Remember when the Brazilian government complained about Raid Forums for posting so many leaks and data dumps from Brazil? If this one ever shows up on Raid Forums, they will probably go nuts. Safety Detectives reports: The Safety Detectives cybersecurity team, led by Anurag Sen,…
Williamsville School employees’ private health data inadvertently leaked by Independent Health
WGRZ reports: Independent Health said Friday that the names, member ID numbers and medical information for over 500 Williamsville School District employees were accidentally released to stop loss carriers and brokers. The inadvertent breach took place between August 2019 and August 2021 and was discovered during a regular safety and security review. It did not…
Acer India hacked — again?
DataBreaches.net was contacted by DESORDEN, who are claiming that they successfully attacked Acer India and exfiltrated 60 GB of data (they also posted their claims on a popular hacking forum). As they have done in the past, they provided a video showing directories and folders on the server they claim to have accessed. They also…
Missouri Teachers’ Social Security numbers at risk on state agency’s website; state’s response is to shoot the messenger?
Josh Renaud reports: The Social Security numbers of school teachers, administrators and counselors across Missouri were vulnerable to public exposure due to flaws on a website maintained by the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. The Post-Dispatch discovered the vulnerability in a web application that allowed the public to search teacher certifications and credentials…