12th Oct
Ransomware MGM Casino
MGM shared details of a ransomware attack, which included the theft of customer data, and cost to the business in the region of $US 100,000,000. BlackCat, aka AlphV subgroup of Scattered Spider, took responsibility for the attack, in which the casino refused to pay the ransom.
10th Oct
A successful credential stuffing attack allowed a threat actor to directly access 14,000 23andMe customer records, stealing genetic ancestry information and, in some cases, health related detail based on the genetics. Some of the stolen detail was leaked online and the criminals offered the records for sale, putting at risk particular groups. Using the access to these accounts allowed the threat actor to pivot from there to scrape some detail from 6.9 million customers. 23andMe: Data Breach Genetic Company hacked, and genetic ancestry data leaked
12th Dec
Hack
Russian threat actor, Sandstorm, believed responsible for an attack which disrupted Ukraine’s largest mobile network operator so severely, that its customer base of half the population of Ukraine was left without services for days. This also meant they would not receive alerts warning of Russian attacks, therefore endangering life. The attack wiped out ‘almost everything’, leaving infrastructure decimated. Kyivstar Telco company disclosed records destroyed by Russian state affiliated TA
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