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St. Joseph’s College of Maine notifies 126K people of data breach claimed by Clop ransomware
St. Joseph’s College of Maine over the weekend confirmed it notified 126,580 people of a December 2023 data breach that compromised SSNs and other private data. “The investigation revealed that the unauthorized party gained access to our network between December 15, 2023, and January 24, 2024,” says the school’s notice to victims. Ransomware gang Clop claimed responsibility for the breach…
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Cyber attack that shut down schools in New Mexico claimed by ransomware gang
Ransomware gang Interlock today claimed responsibility for a February 2025 cyber attack on the Aztec Municipal School District in New Mexico. The school district announced a network outage on February 24, 2025 forced schools to cancel classes. It reopened on March 3, 2025, but as of time if writing, the district is still recovering systems and restricting access to the…
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Pennsylvania State Education Association notifies 500K people of data breach claimed by ransomware gang
The Pennsylvania State Education Association this week confirmed it notified 517,487 people of a July 2024 data breach that compromised the following personal info: Names Social Security numbers Account numbers and PINs Security codes Passwords Routing numbers Credit/debit card numbers, PINs, and expiration dates Passport numbers Taxpayer ID numbers Usernames Health insurance info Medical info Dates of birth Drivers license…
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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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