Tag: data breach
Put a pin in this one
September 3, 2025Ken Showers
I feel like it’s been forever and a day since we talked about a major data breach on this blog, which is not to say they haven’t been happening, they just haven’t come up.
If ever there was a time to revisit this topic, however, it would be the news of an alleged Google data breach, or lack thereof? Jury’s still out on that one. To be completely clear there were some voice-phishing campaigns perpetrated by hacker collective ShinyHunters in June of this year which managed...
ADT reports another network breach
October 8, 2024Ken Showers
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Home security company ADT reported that its network had been illegally accessed in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission early this week.
An ADT spokesperson told Security Systems News (SSN): “We are investigating a cyberattack on our network. For more information, we direct you to our Form 8-K disclosure filed with the SEC on Oct. 7.”
In that filing, the company clarified that the data breach occurred as a result of compromised...
Black Basta ransomware costs Keytronic more than $17M
August 21, 2024Ken Showers
SPOKANE, Wash. — A cybersecurity data breach of Keytronic, a manufacturing and engineering company, that occurred earlier this year has resulted in significant losses, the company’s recent financial results have shown.
The company reported that they had suffered a data breach from the Black Basta ransomware gang, which leaked 530 GB of stolen data following the attack, in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission report filed back in May. The results of that attack were reflected...
‘An unmitigated disaster’ - CrowdStrike update initiates global Microsoft outage
July 19, 2024Ken Showers
AUSTIN, Texas — The CrowdStrike software update that cascaded into a series of outages in important systems around the globe on July 19 shows how vulnerable the country’s tech infrastructure is to disruption, security experts say.
While CrowdStrike has stressed that the incident was not a cyberattack, it highlights the dangers of how hastily issued updates can become a vector of attack for cybercriminals, says Jim McGann, vice president of strategic partnerships at Index Engines,...
AT&T addressing customer data breach
July 12, 2024SSN Staff
DALLAS — AT&T has released a statement regarding a customer data breach that occurred in April of 2024.
According to the company, in April AT&T learned that customer data was illegally downloaded from its workspace on a third-party cloud platform. As a result they launched an investigation and engaged leading cybersecurity experts to understand the nature and scope of the criminal activity.
“We have taken steps to close off the illegal access point,” AT&T wrote. “We...
Secure by design - solving online fraud through better user experiences
June 19, 2024Ken Showers
YARMOUTH, Maine — In 2022 a hacker was able to breach the network of Medibank, an Australian-based healthcare provider, and what resulted was the theft of 9.7 million people’s private data for consumption on the internet.
How did this data breach occur? According to reports an IT contractor with access to the passwords and credentials of multiple accounts had malware on their PC, giving bad actors access to Medibank’s systems, an egregious error that could have been prevented...
File hosting service Dropbox breached by cyberattack
May 8, 2024Ken Showers
SAN FRANCISCO — There’s been another major disruption to hit the cybersecurity world, as online file hosting service Dropbox has reported a data breach with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).
In its SEC filing, the company says it became aware of the incident in April.
“When we became aware of the incident, we launched an investigation with industry-leading forensic investigators to understand what happened and mitigate risks to our users,”...
Bit defenders
February 21, 2024Ken Showers
This week international members of law enforcement patted themselves on the back for slaying the proverbial dragon of LockBit, but in reality, it’s just one head of the Hydra.
I don’t mean to lessen or downplay that accomplishment either. This has been a serious blow to global cybercriminal activity and a victory against destabilizing actions taken by politically aligned criminal organizations (because let’s not pretend the ransomware gangs are largely state sponsored)....
Johnson Controls hit by ransomware attack
September 28, 2023Ken Showers
CORK, Ireland – A data breach has resulted in a large-scale ransomware attack perpetrated against Johnson Controls International.
The news comes courtesy of a regulatory filing made on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023, in which Johnson Controls details a cybersecurity incident that affected portions of its internal information technology infrastructure and applications, according to the filling. While the company notes it has implemented workarounds for affected systems and said that...
It’s time to clip Cl0p
August 23, 2023Ken Showers
Onomatopoeia? More like I-don’t-want-to-pay-ya. That’s right, this week I want to talk about the out-of-control rise of ransomware.
There were some other hot topics this week, like NAPCO’s sudden misfortune, but I’d like to hear from their earnings call next week for full context. Besides, all weekend I have heard about nothing but more and more ransomware incidents hitting some notable names.
I shouldn’t be surprised to hear about it either. According to the NCC...