BlackCat has since taken back at least partial control of its Tor site after a major law enforcement action. A "this website has been unseized" graphic has appeared along with a rant in Russian promising revenge.
Japanese watchmaker Seiko has suffered a data breach that leaked sensitive information, with the Russian ransomware gang BlackCat/AlphaV claiming responsibility for the attack.
BlackMatter ransomware gang rose to prominence in the criminal underworld this summer after competitors such as DarkSide and REvil fell by the wayside. The upstart group now appears to have suffered the same fate.
Since the GDPR went into effect in 2018, Meta has done nearly everything possible to claim legitimate interest to avoid user consent for collecting personal information for targeted ads. The company appears to have finally reached the end of its rope in this area, though a recently announced changeover to a consent basis.
Blood donation service OneBlood has confirmed that the July 2024 ransomware attack claimed by the Russian RansomHub cybercrime group resulted in personal data breach.
LabMD may have won an appeals case against the FTC, arguing that regulations regarding their cyber security practices were too vague to allow for prosecution, but every organization needs to be warned that the FTC could be coming for you next.
A ransomware attack on supply chain software firm Blue Yonder in turn hit a number of big names in food and retail with business disruptions, Starbucks and Walgreens among them. The software is widely used by a range of Fortune 500 companies.
A Bluetooth authentication bug affecting major devices allows attackers to perform impersonation attacks by spoofing paired devices and stealing sensitive data.
Recently released IAPP-EY Annual Privacy Governance Report 2017 shows that privacy governance is outpacing data breach reporting as a board-level concern.
Thycotic survey of global CISOs shows that board decisions about cybersecurity spending are decidedly reflexive, with the primary drivers being fear of regulatory penalties or the costs of a repeat breach.
