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Southern Water provides water services to 2.5 million customers and wastewater services to 4.7 million customers in the southern regions of the England. Some documents leaked online are branded with Greensands logos - the parent company of Southern Water.
One of America's biggest private freight shippers, Estes Express Lines, has told more than 20,000 customers that criminals may have stolen their personal information. "As you may be aware, on October 1, 2023, Estes discovered that an unauthorized threat actor had gained access to a portion of the Company's IT network and deployed ransomware," it said in a letter mailed to 21,184 people [PDF].
The Kansas Judicial Branch has published an update on a cybersecurity incident it suffered last month, confirming that hackers stole sensitive files containing confidential information from its systems. In mid-October 2023, the Kansas courts authority disclosed a "Security incident" that impacted the availability of multiple systems, including the eFiling system attorney's use for document submission, electronic payment systems, and the case management systems used by district and appellate courts.
The LockBit crew is claiming to have leaked all of the data it stole from Boeing late last month, after the passenger jet giant apparently refused to pay the ransom demand. Neither data dump has been verified by The Register, and Boeing declined to answer specific questions about the incident or the stolen files.
Despite the disruption to its infrastructure, the threat actors behind the QakBot malware have been linked to an ongoing phishing campaign since early August 2023 that led to the delivery of...
Caesars Entertainment, self-described as the largest U.S. casino chain with the most extensive loyalty program in the industry, says it paid a ransom to avoid the online leak of customer data stolen in a recent cyberattack. Caesars' 8-K also implies that a ransom demanded by the attackers was paid to prevent the leak of the stolen data online-a Wall Street Journal report says the hotel and casino entertainment company paid roughly $15 million, half of the attackers' initial $30 million demand.
Seven nations today issued an alert, plus protection tips, about LockBit, the prolific ransomware-as-a-service gang, as the group's affiliates remains a global scourge, costing US victims alone more than $91 million since 2020. The crew has been linked to Russia, and in May Uncle Sam sanctioned a Russian national, Mikhail Pavlovich Matveev, accused of using LockBit and other ransomware to extort a law enforcement agency and nonprofit healthcare organization in New Jersey, as well as the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington DC, among "Numerous" other victim organizations in the US and globally.
A former IT security analyst at Oxford Biomedica has admitted, five years after the fact, to turning to the dark side - by hijacking a cyber attack against his own company in an attempt to divert any ransom payments to himself. Ashley Liles, of Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, pleaded guilty at Reading Crown Court to blackmail and unauthorized access to a computer with intent to commit other offences on May 17 following an investigation by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit.
Dish Network, an American television provider, most likely paid a ransom after being hit by a ransomware attack in February based on the wording used in data breach notification letters sent to impacted employees. Ransomware gangs only delete data or provide a decryption key after a ransom is paid, meaning that is highly unlikely that Dish could receive confirmation that the stolen data was deleted without paying.
Ransomware affiliates associated with the Qilin ransomware-as-a-service scheme earn anywhere between 80% to 85% of the ransom payments, according to new findings from Group-IB. The cybersecurity firm said it was able to infiltrate the group in March 2023, uncovering details about the affiliates' payment structure and the inner workings of the RaaS program following a private conversation with a Qilin recruiter who goes by the online alias Haise. "Many Qilin ransomware attacks are customized for each victim to maximize their impact," the Singapore-headquartered company said in a new report.