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Two Illinois school districts disclose data breaches claimed by ransomware gangs
Two school districts north of Chicago this week confirmed they notified thousands of people about data breaches claimed by ransomware gangs, according to public disclosures. Community High School District 117 says it notified 18,830 people about a June 2024 data breach. Ransomware gang BlackSuit claimed responsibility. “We recently discovered unauthorized access to our network between approximately June 2 and June…
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Mississippi electric utility notifies 21K customers of data breach claimed by ransomware gang
Mississippi electric utility Yazoo Valley Electric Power Association yesterday confirmed it notified 20,997 people of an August 2024 data breach. Ransomware gang Akira claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole Social Security numbers, internal corporate documents, and financial records. Yazoo Valley has not verified Akira’s claim and has not publicly disclosed what data was compromised. We do not yet…
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‘Wholly inaccurate and very significantly overstated’: TalkTalk confirms data breach probe – but says it’s not as bad as claimed
UK telecoms firm TalkTalk has confirmed that it’s suffered a data breach, with a hacker known as b0nd claiming responsibility. According to reports from TechCrunch, b0nd is offering the personal data of more than 18.8 million current and former TalkTalk subscribers for sale on a popular cyber crime forum. The data is claimed to include customer names, email addresses, IP…
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Christmas cyber attack on Menominee Tribal Clinic claimed by ransomware gang INC
This morning, ransomware gang INC added Menominee Tribal Clinic of Wisconsin to its data leak site. This comes after the Clinic issued a statement on January 15, confirming it had suffered a cyber attack over Christmas. The Clinic had been experiencing system and telephone disruption from December 26. In its notification, the Menominee Tribal Clinic confirms that its servers were…
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Hackers are turning Amazon S3 bucket encryption against customers in new ransomware campaign – and they’ve already claimed two victims
Hackers who were able to steal data belonging to two AWS customers used the platform’s encryption capabilities to conduct a novel type of ransomware attack, researchers have warned. A new report from cyber resilience firm Halcyon’s RISE team identified a new ransomware campaign targeting Amazon S3 buckets, where the attackers leverage AWS’ server-side encryption along with the Customer Provided Keys…
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Is It Really as Secure as Claimed?
IPVanish VPN fast facts Our rating: 3.9 stars out of 5Pricing: Starts at $3.33/mo (annual)Key features: Unlimited device connection. Reliable built-in kill switch. 24/7 live chat support. IPVanish VPN is a decent VPN solution that may have difficulty standing out from the competition. It has a respectable 2,400-server suite with access to servers from 90+ countries, unlimited device connections, and…
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Data breach at Wyoming orthopedic clinic claimed by ransomware gang
Wyoming clinic Teton Orthopaedics over the weekend confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of patients about a January 2024 data breach that compromised names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance info, and medical info. For a limited number of people, the breached data also included Social Security numbers, financial account info, passport info, and credit/debit card info. Ransomware gang DragonForce…
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North Carolina car dealership chain hacked, breach claimed by ransomware gang
North Carolina car dealership chain Modern Automotive Network this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a July 2024 data breach. The company did not publicly disclose what personal info was compromised, but it is offering victims free credit monitoring. That usually implies Social Security numbers and/or other information that could be used for identity fraud were…
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Krispy Kreme breach, data theft claimed by Play ransomware gang
The Play ransomware gang has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack that impacted the business operations of the U.S. doughnut chain Krispy Kreme in November. Krispy Kreme disclosed the incident and subsequent disruptions to its online ordering system in an SEC filing submitted on December 11. The company detected unauthorized activity on some of its information technology systems on November 29.…
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South Carolina bank notifies 240K people about data breach claimed by ransomware gang
SRP Federal Credit Union yesterday confirmed it notified 240,742 people about a September 2024 data breach that compromised their private information. SRP did not publicly disclose what data was compromised, but it is offering victims free identity theft protection. That usually implies Social Security numbers and other info that could be used for identity fraud were among the data. Ransomware…
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