Kumar Hemant reports: Let’s Secure Insurance Brokers Pvt Ltd., a prominent Indian insurance brokerage firm, has reportedly fallen victim to ransomware. The perpetrators, identified as the Kill Security (alias KillSec) group, claim to have gained unauthorised access to the company’s data, sparking concerns over potential data breaches. India has increasingly become a focal point for…
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The U.K. is considering prohibiting ransom payments. It’s a difficult issue.
How many times have the FBI and CISA urged entities NOT to pay ransom because it just encourages the attackers to attack more, while others suggest that a total ban would make things a lot worse? On January 14, the U.K. government opened a consultation, Ransomware legislative proposals: reducing payments to cyber criminals and increasing…
Idaho man who hacked medical entities and made vile threats sentenced to 10 years in prison (1)
An Idaho man who worked as an Information Technology Specialist for Ada County by day has been sentenced to prison for hacking medical offices and threatening his victims if they didn’t pay his ransom demands. Background of the Case In July 2017, DataBreaches reported a hacking incident with a ransom demand where the description of…
Omni Hotels & Resorts attack claimed by Daixin Team; 3.5 million guests’ data stolen (2)
As many people suspected, Omni Hotels & Resorts was the target of a ransomware attack in March. Omni first described the incident as a chain-wide “outage” due to IT issues. By April 1, guests were losing patience with the “outage.” Bleeping Computer noted guests complaining online claiming that they had to send text messages to…
Another plastic surgery group has fallen victim to a ransomware attack – Long Island Plastic Surgical Group/NYSPG (2)
On March 8, DataBreaches learned of another attack on a plastic surgery group. This time, it was the Long Island Plastic Surgical Group, a group that has 10 locations in New York and dozens of doctors. This is another ransomware story that may have a very unhappy ending for patients and employees. Hit by Two…
BUSTED? A blackhat’s revenge exposes a 2-year old patient data hack that Holland Eye Surgery & Laser Center failed to disclose
A blackhat hacker known as “Lifelock” had claimed Holland Eye Surgery and Laser Center knew about his hack two years ago but failed to disclose it to patients or HHS. A follow-up investigation by DataBreaches.net uncovered evidence supporting his claim. The evidence has been turned over to federal regulators. On June 2, DataBreaches.net reported that…