BlackCat affiliates have been complaining on dark web forums that they had breached victims successfully, but that the ransomware gang had not paid out their percentage. It appears they have been stung by an exit scam.
As ransomware attacks surge and hackers become increasingly bold, the Biden administration is forging ahead with a package of new measures that includes up to $10 million for information that leads to the identification of attackers that hit critical infrastructure.
The university system became aware of the MOVEit breach in late May of last year and blocked the software on its network, so it is very likely that the stolen data was already dumped to the dark web or sold some time ago.
The supply chain attack on third-party library Axios has forced OpenAI to revoke its code-signing certificate and require users to update their macOS certificates.
A data breach has leaked sensitive medical records of over 15 million French citizens after hackers breached a centralized health information management system used by various health facilities.
While Anthropic has attempted to contain the leak damage with takedown requests, the AI agent's code unsurprisingly spread like wildfire and is now essentially available to anyone willing to look for it. One early development has been promises of the source code as bait via malicious advertisements, but a number of other security and business competition risks loom.
The Philippines government is considering reviving a previously-vetoed bill that would mandate SIM card registration due to rampant phishing scams that are difficult to trace. Country's two biggest carriers, PLDT and Globe, already blocking over a billion scam messages.
The Italian National Cybersecurity Agency and the Postal Police are investigating an alleged ransomware attack on the country's tax agency that potentially leaked 100 GB of data.
ICE has been charged with causing nine of its subsidiaries in total, the NYSE included, to fall afoul of breach reporting requirements as they were not provided the information by their parent company in a timely enough manner.
Over the past year while FTC is conducting its Facebook investigation, Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly claimed full responsibility for privacy issues, and now it appears FTC might really hold Mark personally accountable for these lapses.
