On Jan. 28, the Freehold Township School District informed its staff, families, and students that its schools and offices would be closed today due to a cybersecurity incident. School officials said that because of the incident, the district, located in Freehold, N.J., was experiencing technical difficulties and that it is working with third-party cybersecurity experts […]
A British man pleaded guilty in the Eastern District of New York on Tuesday to charges related to hacking into email and brokerage accounts and stealing more than $6 million from victims. Idris Dayo Mustapha faces up to 20 years in prison on charges of computer intrusion, securities fraud, wire fraud and access device fraud. […]
An Israeli private investigator was sentenced in the Southern District of New York to nearly seven years in federal prison on Thursday on charges that he orchestrated a global hack-for-hire scheme. Aviram Azari pleaded guilty in April to wire fraud, conspiracy to commit hacking and aggravated identity theft for his role in coordinating hacking campaigns […]
A school district in Virginia has managed to keep classrooms open despite facing an attack from a notorious Russian ransomware gang. Fauquier County Public Schools runs 20 elementary, middle and high schools for more than 11,200 students. The county is about an hour from Washington D.C. A spokesperson for the district confirmed to Recorded Future […]
MGM Resorts is facing class action litigation in two separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada in connection with the cyberattack launched against the company earlier this month. The suits, filed Thursday, allege the company was negligent and gained unjust enrichment for failing to protect the personal data of MGM Resorts customers from […]