Tech Dump Newsletter
Check out the latest security news that has captured my attention:
Hackers, the Hacked, and the Victims
"Sadly, the attacker did not stop at extorting the clinic but also sent extortion messages to the patients, asking them to pay around $240 to prevent their data from being published online. And that was a first, as far as we know—not just demanding a ransom from the breached organization, but also from all those that were unlucky enough to have their data on record there."
Another Law Enforcement Agency Hacked, Humiliated
“We, on the other hand, have a very few people who are continuing their quest to ridicule our agency, our staff.”
It's not Only Russia...
"A Ukrainian national was sentenced in Texas on Wednesday, May 1 to nearly 14 years in prison for conducting thousands of ransomware attacks demanding more than $700 million in ransom, officials said."
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Watch out for your Supply Chain. OK?
"Employees used unauthorized Google accounts — readily viewable online — to store names, phone numbers, email addresses, COVID-19 exposure status, sexual orientations and other information about residents who had been reached for contact tracing, even though the company’s contract with the state required it to safeguard such data."
Cybersecurity Suddenly Matters when Politicians Get Hacked
Chinese Supply Chain Attack vs. UK Gov't?
"China furiously denied that it was behind the hack on a contractor’s payroll system used by the defence ministry that contained the names, banking details and addresses of tens of thousands of serving and veteran British soldiers."
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