“Shark Tank” star ( an American business reality television series ) Barbara Corcoran is missing nearly 400,000 Wednesday morning after her office was victimized by email scammers who used a tiny typo to gain the upper hand. The scam started last week when an email chain was forwarded to Barbara’s bookkeeper, a woman named Christine. […]
Category Archives: Cyber Security Incidents
A U.S. Natural Gas Operator Shuts Down for 2 Days After a Phishing Attack Infects it With Ransomware Dan Goodin at Ars Technica reported something worrisome: “A US-based natural gas facility shut down operations for two days after sustaining a ransomware infection that prevented personnel from receiving crucial real-time operational data from control and communication […]
Last December, a ransomware infection of Albany, New York-based accounting firm BST & Co. CPAs LLC exposed the confidential data of their customers, causing a data breach for one of their health care customers as well as other clients of the firm. Some of the data has shown up on the publicly accessible website of […]
Hackers have posted on an underground forum the personal information of 10.6 million MGM Resorts guests, ZDNet reports. The exposed information includes full names, home addresses, phone numbers, emails and dates of birth, according to the report, which claims the authenticity of the data has been verified with the help of a yet-to-be-launched monitoring firm called Under […]
(February 14 & 17, 2020)Computer systems belonging to the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council (UK) were infected with malware. The attack occurred on February 8, and as of February 26, were still “working with a reduced capacity”. The council has called in help from the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). The council has not said […]