Daniel Croft reports: The incident was claimed by CyberN—–s members IntelBroker and EnergyWeaponUser, who originally said it was a Tesla EV charging station database containing files that belonged to Tesla. However, thanks to a tipoff by researcher DarkWebInformer and IntCyberDigest, the threat actors amended the listing to say it was a “random 3rd party company…
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Ransomware Group Cooperation: A Growing Challenge in the Fight Against Cybercrime
Marco A. De Felice (aka @amvinfe) of SuspectFile and DataBreaches have often shared information with each other about threat actors or incidents, including what may appear to be second attacks or maybe just a re-listing of a previous attack. He has recently taken a look at listings of data claimed by two or more groups to…
Cyberattack at French hospital exposes health data of 750,000 patients
Bill Toulas reports: A data breach at an unnamed French hospital exposed the medical records of 750,000 patients after a threat actor gained access to its electronic patient record system. A threat actor using the nickname ‘nears’ (previously near2tlg) claimed to have attacked multiple healthcare facilities in France, alleging that they have access to the patient…
Justice Department Seizes Cybercrime Website and Charges Its Administrators
Three Administrators Charged and Cryptocurrency Seized The Justice Department today announced the seizure of PopeyeTools, an illicit website and marketplace dedicated to selling stolen credit cards and other tools for carrying out cybercrime and fraud, and unsealed criminal charges against three PopeyeTools administrators: Abdul Ghaffar, 25, of Pakistan; Abdul Sami, 35, of Pakistan; and Javed…
5 Alleged Members of Scattered Spider Charged Federally (1)
LOS ANGELES – Law enforcement today unsealed criminal charges against five defendants who allegedly targeted employees of companies nationwide with phishing text messages and then used the harvested employee credentials to log in and steal non-public company data and information and to hack into virtual currency accounts to steal millions of dollars in cryptocurrency. The following…
T-Mobile Hack Linked To Chinese State Sponsored Hackers
Lars Daniel reports: T-Mobile is the latest telecommunications company to report being impacted by a large-scale cyber-espionage campaign linked to Chinese state-sponsored hackers. While T-Mobile has stated that customer data and critical systems have not been significantly affected, the breach is part of a broader attack on major telecom providers, raising concerns about the security…