Denette Wilford reports: A high-schooler in Connecticut allegedly hacked into his school’s computer database, so he could put a quote from Adolf Hitler into a yearbook. The incident happened in May, when the 18-year-old student at Glastonbury High School popped a Hitler quote underneath the photo of a classmate, police said. Read more on Toronto…
Tulsa Says Network Hack Gained Some Social Security Numbers
There’s a follow-up to the Tulsa ransomware incident previously reported on this site in May and June. AP is reporting that continued investigation by the city into the breach revealed that more than two dozen people had their Social Security numbers stolen and dumped by the Conti threat actors.
94% Of Organizations Have Suffered Insider Data Breaches, So Why Aren’t These a Bigger Worry?
Sometimes, 2+2 does not = 4, it seems. When employees falling for phishing attempts represent one of the two biggest preludes to a ransomware attack, why are 28% of IT leaders in a recent survey more concerned about malicious insiders than human error? Why are only 21% of those surveyed most concerned about human error?…
WV: Morgan County Schools’ computers hit by Kaseya attack
Kate Evans reports: Morgan County Schools was one of many victims of a massive Fourth of July weekend ransomware attack that struck businesses and agencies nationally and around the globe. A Russian-based hacker group initially demanded $70 million to stop the cyberattack. School Superintendent Kristen Tuttle said at a July 6 school board meeting that…
Update: Clover Park School District notifies 1,583 impacted by ransomware incident
On May 26, DataBreaches.net reported on a ransomware attack on Clover Park School District in Washington state. The story had originally been broken by KIRO7, who had been sent screencaps by a district employee. As of May 26, and even as of June 2 in its last posted update, the district referred to the incident…
Is REvil really gone? Lots of speculation, no confirmation of anything yet.
The “Happy Blog” leak site belonging to the Sodinokibi threat actors known as “REvil” (“Are Evil”) is offline, and their spokesperson “Unknown” has been silent for a few days. Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer says all of REvil’s sites are down, including the payment site. So have they folded? REvil’s “Unknown” consistently said they would…