TechCrunch recently did its annual write-up of badly handled data security incidents. The following wasn’t in it but is one of the worst security and privacy failures that I’ve ever read, and that’s saying a lot. This case stems from a ransomware attack by Medusa Locker in October 2020 that is first being seriously addressed…
This is a multi-part interview with the individual known as “Nam3L3ss” who leaked more than 100 databases on a popular hacking forum and will soon be leaking many more. Read the Preface. In Part 1, we talked about his background and what motivated him to do what he does. In Part 2, we talked about…
Some former employees of Granite School District in Utah are reporting frustration and anger with the district’s incident response to an attack by the Rhysida group. One has written up what he found when he examined the publicly leaked data. On September 20, 2024, Granite became aware of suspicious activity on its network. An investigation…