The “leakiest” countries in 2023 were India, the United States, Brazil, China, and others. The IT sector was the most affected, accounting for 65.9% of leaked secrets, followed by education at 20.1%, and other sectors making up the remaining 14%.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has taken legal action against three individuals—Robert Powell, Carter Rohn, and Emily Hernandez—for their involvement in a Sim-swapping scam in November 2022. The charges brought against them include fraud and identity theft. This case has raised eyebrows due to its potential connection to the 2022 FTX hack, where […]
Authorities in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States this week levied financial sanctions against a Russian man accused of stealing data on nearly 10 million customers of the Australian health insurance giant Medibank. 33-year-old Aleksandr Ermakov allegedly stole and leaked the Medibank data while working with one of Russia’s most destructive ransomware groups, […]
In 2020, the United States brought charges against four men accused of building a bulletproof hosting empire that once dominated the Russian cybercrime industry and supported multiple organized cybercrime groups. All four pleaded guilty to conspiracy and racketeering charges. But there is a fascinating and untold backstory behind the two Russian men involved, who co-ran […]
A man facing extradition to the United States for his alleged role as a LockBit ransomware administrator is up against new cybercrime charges in Ontario. Mikhail Vasiliev, a 33-year-old Canadian-Russian dual national, was first arrested in October 2022 at his home in Bradford, Ontario as part of an international operation involving European, American and Canadian […]
A new influence campaign that has gained substantial traction is pushing pro-China and anti-United States narratives on YouTube, researchers have found. According to a report released this week by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI), the videos garnered substantial views and subscribers — a rarity in the world of social media influence operations. Named Shadow […]
Colleges and K-12 schools in several states are dealing with ransomware incidents causing outages and leaking sensitive data — a continuation of a trend that has affected campuses nationwide throughout the year. Henry County Schools — a district an hour from Atlanta with dozens of elementary, middle and high schools with more than 44,000 students […]
After hackers compromised an industrial control system (ICS) at a water utility in the United States, the cybersecurity agency CISA issued an alert over the exploitation of the targeted device. The target of the attack was the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania, which confirmed that hackers took control of a system associated with […]
New York’s governor has proposed several new cybersecurity rules for the state’s hospitals following several attacks that limited operations at healthcare facilities for weeks this year. Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to force hospitals to establish cybersecurity programs, assess cybersecurity risks, use defensive techniques and infrastructure, and implement protection measures for information systems. Hospitals would have […]
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