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NationalPublicData.com Hack Exposes a Nation’s Data

August 15, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, atlas data privacy corp., Data Breaches, FBI, haveibeenpwned.com, infragard, instant checkmate, jerico pictures, national criminal data llc, national public data breach, peopleconnect, recordscheck.net, sal verini, salvatore verini, shadowglade llc, sxul, The Coming Storm, trinity entertainment, troy hunt, truthfinder, twisted history llc, usdod, vx-underground

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2024 22:38:36 +0000

A great many readers this month reported receiving alerts that their Social Security Number, name, address and other personal information were exposed in a breach at a little-known but aptly-named consumer data broker called NationalPublicData.com. This post examines what we know about a breach that has exposed hundreds of millions of consumer records. We’ll also take a closer look at the data broker that got hacked — a background check company founded by an actor and retired sheriff’s deputy from Florida.

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Alleged Boss of ‘Scattered Spider’ Hacking Group Arrested

June 15, 2024 0 Comments 0ktapus, caesars, Data Breaches, doordash, FBI, group-ib, king bob, lastpass, mailchimp, mgm, murcia today, Ne'er-Do-Well News, noah michael urban, okta, scattered spider, signal, SIM swapping, sosa, the com, tyler buchanan, vx-underground, Web Fraud 2.0

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:40:20 +0000

A 22-year-old man from the United Kingdom arrested this week in Spain is allegedly the ringleader of Scattered Spider, a cybercrime group suspected of hacking into Twilio, LastPass, DoorDash, Mailchimp, and nearly 130 other organizations over the past two years.

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FBI’s LockBit Takedown Postponed a Ticking Time Bomb in Fulton County, Ga.

February 28, 2024 0 Comments an-security breach, cnn, donald trump, europol, FBI, fulton county hack, george chidi, lockbit, lockbitsupp, national crime agency, Ne'er-Do-Well News, Ransomware, vx-underground, XSS

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 02:17:55 +0000

The FBI’s takedown of the LockBit ransomware group last week came as LockBit was preparing to release sensitive data stolen from government computer systems in Fulton County, Ga. But LockBit is now regrouping, and the gang says it will publish the stolen Fulton County data on March 2 unless paid a ransom. LockBit claims the cache includes documents tied to the county’s ongoing criminal prosecution of former President Trump, but court watchers say teaser documents published by the crime gang suggest a total leak of the Fulton County data could put lives at risk and jeopardize a number of other criminal trials.