data breaches – Page 7 – Computer Security Articles

Report: Missouri Governor’s Office Responsible for Teacher Data Leak

February 22, 2022 admin A Little Sunshine, data breaches, elad gross, josh renaud, mallory mcgowin, missouri gov. mike parson, missouri highway patrol, shaji khan, st. louis post-dispatch

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:18:57 +0000

Missouri Governor Mike Parson made headlines last year when he vowed to criminally prosecute a journalist for reporting a security flaw in a state website that exposed personal information of more than 100,000 teachers. But Missouri prosecutors now say they… Read More »

Independent Krebs

Red Cross Hack Linked to Iranian Influence Operation?

February 16, 2022 admin data breaches, FBI, FireEye, icrc hack, international committee for the red cross, kela, kelvinmiddelkoop@hotmail.com, Ne'er-Do-Well News, RaidForums, ransomware, red cross and red crescent movement, restoring family links, sheriff, threat_actor, unindicted

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 16:44:19 +0000

A network intrusion at the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) in January led to the theft of personal information on more than 500,000 people receiving assistance from the group. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that the email address used by a cybercriminal actor who offered to sell the stolen ICRC data also was used to register multiple domain names the FBI says are tied to a sprawling media influence operation originating from Iran.

Independent Krebs

Hackers Were Inside Citrix for Five Months

February 19, 2020 admin A Little Sunshine, citrix systems, cve-2019-19781, data breaches, FBI, shitrix

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2020 15:55:04 +0000

Networking software giant Citrix Systems says malicious hackers were inside its networks for five months between 2018 and 2019, making off with personal and financial data on company employees, contractors, interns, job candidates and their dependents. The disclosure comes almost a year after Citrix acknowledged that digital intruders had broken in by probing its employee accounts for weak passwords.

Independent Krebs

U.S. Charges 4 Chinese Military Officers in 2017 Equifax Hack

February 10, 2020 admin coronavirus, data breaches, Equifax breach, fbi deputy director david bowdich, FBI Director Christopher Wray, jun ying, liu lei, sudhakar reddy bonthu, u.s. attorney general bill barr, U.S. Justice Department, wang qian, wu zhiyong, xu ke

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2020 03:25:52 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department today unsealed indictments against four Chinese officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) accused of perpetrating the 2017 hack against consumer credit bureau Equifax that led to the theft of personal data on nearly 150 million Americans. DOJ officials said the four men were responsible for carrying out the largest theft of sensitive personal information by state-sponsored hackers ever recorded.

Independent Krebs

Sprint Exposed Customer Support Site to Web

January 29, 2020 admin data breaches, Latest Warnings, lisa belot, microsoft, Sprint, vice.com

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:02:56 +0000

Fresh on the heels of a disclosure that Microsoft Corp. leaked internal customer support data to the Internet, mobile provider Sprint has addressed a mix-up in which posts to a private customer support community were exposed to the Web.

Independent Krebs

Wawa Breach May Have Compromised More Than 30 Million Payment Cards

January 28, 2020 admin bebe stores breach, Buca di Beppo breach, data breaches, Gemini Advisory, hilton hotels breach, Joker's stash, krystal breach, mastercard, mcalister's deli breach, moe's breach, scholtzsky's breach, sonic breach, The Coming Storm, Visa, wawa breach

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 20:12:16 +0000

In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of card data from customers who visited any of its 850 locations nationwide. Now, fraud experts say the first batch of card data stolen from Wawa customers is being sold at one of the underground’s most popular crime shops, which claims to have 30 million records to peddle from a new nationwide breach.

Independent Krebs

Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains

November 26, 2019 admin data breaches, focus brands, Gemini Advisory, Joker's stash, krystal breach, mcalister's deli breach, moe's breach, payment card industry security standards, pci, schlotsky's breach, The Coming Storm, Verizon

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 13:32:21 +0000

On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground’s largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and credit cards. KrebsOnSecurity has learned this latest batch of cards was siphoned from four different compromised restaurant chains that are most prevalent across the midwest and eastern United States.

Independent Krebs

Ransomware Bites 400 Veterinary Hospitals

November 19, 2019 admin data breaches, greg hartmann, laura koester, national veterinary associates, nva ransomware, ransomware, robert hill, ryuk

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 14:43:18 +0000

National Veterinary Associates (NVA), a California company that owns more than 700 animal care facilities around the globe, is still working to recover from a ransomware attack late last month that affected more than half of those properties, separating many veterinary practices from their patient records, payment systems and practice management software. NVA says it expects to have all facilities fully back up and running normally within the next week.