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Accenture officials Ransomware This week, a cybercriminal ring attack using LockBit malware claimed that a hacker group had obtained data from a large global IT and business consulting firm and threatened to release it. CNBC reporter on August 11th A series of tweets The group suggested selling insider information from Accenture to stakeholders and posted…

Breach Notification , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Governance & Risk Management Company Says Employees’ Personal Data Compromised Scott Ferguson (Ferguson_Writes) • August 16, 2021     Photo: Peter D via Flickr/CC The ransomware attack that targeted Colonial Pipeline Co. in May compromised the personal information of more than 5,800 individuals – mainly current or…

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency,Cryptocurrency Fraud,Cybercrime Security Experts Point Out Vulnerability in Smart Contract SystemDan Gunderman (dangun127) •August 13, 2021     (Photo: Executium via Unsplash) The hacker behind the $612 million breach of the blockchain-based Poly Network system has reportedly returned all stolen assets, though $238 million remains locked in a multi-signature account requiring passwords from…

Cybercrime as-a-service , Fraud Management & Cybercrime , Fraud Risk Management Researchers Say Small Number of Core Individuals Selling Access to Hacked Networks Mathew J. Schwartz (euroinfosec) • August 16, 2021     An initial access broker first advertised access to an airline before later selling 15 allegedly stolen databases of Pakistan International Airlines. (Source:…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Those entrusted with securing the nation’s voting systems must remain nonpartisan as a myriad of complex and growing risks continue to threaten U.S. elections, one of the nation’s top cybersecurity officials said Saturday. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said in an interview with The Associated…

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U.S. telecom giant T-Mobile is investigating a report of the customer data breach that reportedly affects 100 million customers. Threat actor claimed on a hacking forum to be selling a subset of data with 30 million social security numbers and driver licenses for six bitcoin (approximately $287,000 at current prices). The hacker is also selling…

Ransomware attacks grew 64 per cent year-on-year between August 2020 and July 2021, according to a report from the cybersecurity firm Barracuda. Barracuda’s researchers, analysed 121 ransomware incidents between August 2020 and July 2021 and identified a 64 per cent YoY increase in attacks. A majority of these attacks were carried out by a “handful…