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Costa Rica May Be Pawn in Conti Ransomware Group’s Bid to Rebrand, Evade Sanctions

May 31, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, advintel, conti, costa rica, crprensa.com, cyberscoop, data breaches, data ransom, hive, Ne'er-Do-Well News, ransomware, russia's war on ukraine, unc1756

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 19:57:58 +0000

Costa Rica’s national health service was hacked sometime earlier this morning by a Russian ransomware group known as Hive. The intrusion comes just weeks after Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared a state of emergency in response to a data ransom attack from a different Russian ransomware gang — Conti. Ransomware experts say there is good reason to believe the same cybercriminals are behind both attacks, and that Hive has been helping Conti rebrand and evade international sanctions targeting extortion payouts to cybercriminals operating in Russia.

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Senators Urge FTC to Probe ID.me Over Selfie Data

May 18, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, biometrics, blake hall, cyberscoop, Facial Recognition, Federal Trade Commission, ftc chair lina khan, id.me, Internal Revenue Service, sen. alex padilla, sen. cory booker, sen. edward markey, Sen. Ron Wyden, The Coming Storm, tonya riley

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 16:55:40 +0000

Some of more tech-savvy Democrats in the U.S. Senate are asking the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate identity-proofing company ID.me for “deceptive statements” the company and its founder allegedly made over how they handle facial recognition data collected on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service, which until recently required anyone seeking a new IRS account online to provide a live video selfie to ID.me.