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Ransomware gang says it hacked a Virginia school district, stole data
Ransomware gang Fog yesterday claimed responsibility for a February 2025 data breach at Williamsburg-James City County Schools in Virginia. The group is demanding an undisclosed amount be paid in ransom in exchange for stolen data. WJCC announced it was hit by a cyber attack on February 9 and that systems were restored by February 14. An investigation of the attack…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked a South Carolina school district
Ransomware gang Medusa yesterday claimed responsibility for a cyber attack earlier this month at Laurens County School District 56 in South Carolina. Medusa gave the school district two weeks to pay a $320,000 ransom, or else it threatens to sell or release 2.4 TB of the school’s private data. To prove its claim, Medusa posted a sample of images that…
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International AIDS Vaccine Initiative hacked by ransomware gang
Ransomware gang Inc has claimed responsibility for a December 2024 data breach at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI). IAVI began issuing data breach notices to victims on January 17, 2025. The organizations has not publicly disclosed how many people were impacted or what data was compromised. However, it is offering victims free identity theft protection, which implies data that…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked Taylor Regional Hospital in Georgia
Ransomware gang Inc today claimed responsibility for a December 2024 cyber attack on Taylor Regional Hospital in Hawkinsville, Georgia. The attack forced hospital staff to resort to paper medical charts. At the time of the attack, hospital officials said there was no indication that patient records were compromised, but that an investigation was still ongoing. To prove its claim, Inc…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked Pensacola, FL medical clinics
Ransowmare gang RansomHub yesterday claimed responsibility for a Christmas Eve cyber attack on Community Health Northwest Florida. RansomHub claims to have stolen 68 GB of data and gave CHNWF one week to pay an undisclosed amount in ransom. CHNWF first announced it was the target of a cyber attack on December 24, 2024. The attack disrupted phones, internet, and servers,…
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City of West Haven, CT hacked by ransomware gang for a second time
The mayor of West Haven, Connecticut over the weekend said the city was hit by a cyber attack that forced the IT department to shut down all of its systems. The announcement says the impacted systems were backed up and will be operational in a few days, but data might have compromised. Ransomware gang Qilin claimed responsibility for the attack…
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America’s biggest chain of opioid treatment centers hacked by ransomware gang, SSNs and treatment info breached
BayMark Health Services this week confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of patients about a September 2024 data breach that compromised the following info: Names Social Security numbers Driver’s license numbers Dates of birth Services received Dates of service Insurance info Treatment provider Treatments Diagnostic info BayMark operates hundreds of opioid treatment clinics and programs across the US and Canada.…
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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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US soldier arrested after allegedly posting hacked Trump and Harris call logs
The United States has arrested a US Army soldier and charged him with being part of a hacking scheme to sell and distribute stolen phone records. An indictment alleges that 20-year-old Cameron John Wagenius knowingly sold “confidential phone records” over online forums and other communications platforms last November. The indictment doesn’t detail the hacked material, but KrebsOnSecurity reports that Wagenius…
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The US Treasury Department was hacked
The US Treasury Department suffered a “major” security incident after a China state-sponsored hacker broke into the third-party remote management software it uses, as reported earlier by The New York Times. In a letter to lawmakers seen by The Verge, the Treasury Department said BeyondTrust, the company behind its remote management software, notified the agency of a breach on December…
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