BlackCat/ALPHV group recently announced on its victim shaming and extortion website that it had hacked into a luxury spa and resort in the Western United States. At one moment in the last 24 hours, ALPHV posted a website with the same victim name on the domain and their logo on the front page. The ALPHV… Continue reading BlackCat ransomware gang publishes leaked data on the clear web site
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Data Breach VS. Data Leak
Data leaks and data breaches are very similar phenomena with a slight difference in the principle of action. It was a human error in one case and, in the second, a cyber attack. But in both cases, it means that someone got unauthorized access to data that should have been better protected. What is a… Continue reading Data Breach VS. Data Leak
RaidForums shutdown as the result of Operation Tourniquet
The chain of international law enforcement agencies – Europol, FBI, NCA and others – seized the world’s largest hacker forum – RaidForums. That seems to be part of an anti-cybercrime campaign that started from the Hydra Shop shutdown. On April 12, 2022, the National Crime Agency (shorty NCA) reported on their official website about the… Continue reading RaidForums shutdown as the result of Operation Tourniquet
Epik hoster hack affected 15 million users, not just the company’s clients
Last week, Anonymous hacktivists reported about hack of the database of the domain registrar and hoster Epik, which was previously often criticized for hosting “right-wing” sites including 8chan, Gab, Parler and The Donald. The stolen data (over 180 GB) was published in torrent format and, according to hackers, contains information for the last decade. Since… Continue reading Epik hoster hack affected 15 million users, not just the company’s clients
List of suspects in terrorism that are monitored by the FBI leaked to the network
A copy of the FBI’s Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) list has Leaked to the network. It is a list of suspects in terrorism that are monitored by FBI. The database contains 1.9 million records, including the secret “No Fly List”, that is, a list of persons who should not be allowed on board of the… Continue reading List of suspects in terrorism that are monitored by the FBI leaked to the network
Ukraine’s largest IT company SoftServe has been attacked by a ransomware
One of the largest IT companies in Ukraine, SoftServe (number 2 in the latest DOU.UA rating), was attacked by a ransomware. A number of the company’s services stopped working, according to the AIN.UA publication. The cybercriminals launched a ransomware virus into the system. As a result, a number of SoftServe services stopped working, and the… Continue reading Ukraine’s largest IT company SoftServe has been attacked by a ransomware