Alexander Martin reports: A notorious Russian hacking unit was blamed on Wednesday for conducting a widespread campaign that officials say “presents a serious risk” to the targeted organizations and sectors in more than a dozen countries. In a joint cybersecurity advisory co-sealed by what appears to be a record number of allied countries (11) and intelligence agencies…
In November 2024, Everest Team added Concord Orthopaedics (“COPA”) to its dark web leak site (DLS) with screenshots offered as proof of claims. At the time, Everest claimed to have acquired “medical records and personal data of all patients from 2018. More than 30,000 identity documents.” On March 25, 2025, COPA mailed notifications to those…
Would you expect an end user to log on to a cybercriminal’s computer, open their browser, and type in their usernames and passwords? Hopefully not! But that’s essentially what happens if they fall victim to a Browser-in-the-Middle (BitM) attack. Like Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attacks, BiTM sees criminals look to control the data flow between the victim’s…
Occasionally, entities in other countries try to take legal action against DataBreaches.net to chill or censor this site’s reporting on their breaches. None of them have prevailed, in part due to the protections we have here under the First Amendment, and in part to the legal defense afforded this site by Covington and Burling. This…
Alexander Koskey, Madison McMahan, and Matthew White of Baker Donelson write: A recent decision from the Federal Court of Australia in McClure v. Medibank Private Limited [2025] FCA 167 underscores just how easily privilege can be lost. While McClure was decided under Australian law, the court’s reasoning closely aligns with a series of U.S. cases that have…
Joseph Cox of 404 Media in collaboration with Court Watch writes: The FBI managed to track down and freeze millions of dollars of cryptocurrency Caesars Entertainment sent to a group of hackers that held the casino’s computer systems ransom, according to a 404 Media and Court Watch review of a recently unsealed court document. According…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday granted a “full and unconditional pardon” to Ross Ulbricht, the creator of the infamous Silk Road drug marketplace, after spending 11 years behind bars. “I just called the mother of Ross William Ulbricht to let her know that in honor of her and the Libertarian Movement, which supported me…
