There’s an update to a previously reported case. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of New York, yesterday: Earlier today, in federal court in Brooklyn, United States District Judge Frederic Block sentenced Sagar Steven Singh, also known as “Weep,” to 27 months’ imprisonment for conspiracy to commit computer intrusion and aggravated identify theft. On…
Andy Dossett reports: A network security incident crippled Bartlesville Public Schools’ internet systems, forcing the district to cancel state testing and prompted an investigation into the scope of the breach. Granger Meador, executive director of technology and communications for the district, confirmed May 1 that the disruption rendered many of the district’s computer systems inoperable….
Michael Nakhiengchanh reports: Taipei’s Mackay Memorial Hospital apologized Thursday to the public for an information leak caused by a cyberattack earlier this month. On Feb. 9, the hospital was hit by ransomware called “Crazy Hunter,” causing over 500 computers to crash and reportedly up to 32.5 GB of information stolen, per CNA. The leaked data allegedly includes personal…
Danielle Goodman reports: Personal data from current and former students in Boone and Kenton County school districts may have been accessed and copied in cyber attacks earlier this month, according to school district announcements. School district officials said the data breaches appear to have stemmed from phishing schemes, where cybercriminals trick users into providing sensitive…
Sheersh Kapoor reports: The hacker responsible for a major data breach at Star Health and Allied Insurance last year has reportedly claimed responsibility for sending death threats and bullet cartridges to the insurer’s top executives. According to Reuters, a person using the alias ‘xenZen’ said in a March 13 email that they mailed two packages…
In the fourth of our five-part series, Sophos X-Ops explores threat actors’ real-world criminal business interests
After the Medusa gang reportedly demanded a $2 million ransom from UK healthcare and community services provider HCRG Care Group, HCRG confirmed they had a breach and said they were investigating. But they did not confirm that patient data and employee was affected and they did not confirm that files had been encrypted. On February…
