January 23, 2024
CISA boss swatted: ‘While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique’
Election officials, judges, politicians, and gamers are in swatters' crosshairs CISA Director Jen Easterly has confirmed she was the subject of a swatting attempt on December 30 after a bogus report of a shooting at her home.…
Accused PII seller faces jail for running underground fraud op
More than 5,000 victims claimed over a 3-year period but filing reckons accused didn't even use a VPN A Baltimore man faces a potential maximum 20-year prison sentence after being charged for his alleged role in running an online service that sold personal data which was later used…
UK water giant admits attackers broke into system as gang holds it to ransom
Comes mere months after Western intelligence agencies warned of attacks on water providers Southern Water confirmed this morning that criminals broke into its IT systems, making off with a "limited amount of data."…
Australia imposes cyber sanctions on Russian it says ransomwared health insurer
'Aleksandr Ermakov' isn't allowed down under after being linked to ten-million-record leak Australia's government has used the "significant cyber incidents" sanctions regime it introduced in 2021 for the first time, against a Russian named Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov whom authorities have deemed responsible for the 2022 attack on health…