A former Chicago Public Schools worker faces several felony charges after officials allege the worker stole Attack.Databreach personal information on about 80,000 employees , volunteers and vendors from a CPS database . The former worker , Kristi Sims , was arrested Thursday ; officers recovered the stolen files after executing search warrants , according to CPS and Chicago police officials . Sims , 28 , is a former contractor who handled administrative tasks for the Office of Safety and Security . Sims was ordered released on her own recognizance at a bond hearing Friday at the Leighton Criminal Court Building by Judge Sophia Atcherson ; Sims also was ordered not to access to the internet while the case continues . In a letter to employees Thursday evening , CPS Chief Operating Officer Arnie Rivera said the district learned of the massive data breach Attack.Databreach Wednesday , the day after the information was stolen Attack.Databreach . Among the data stolen Attack.Databreach were names , employee ID numbers , phone numbers , addresses , dates of birth , criminal arrest histories and DCFS findings . Social Security numbers were not taken Attack.Databreach , Rivera said . “ There was no indication that the information , which was in the individual ’ s possession for approximately 24 hours , was used or disseminated to anyone in any way , ” Rivera added . A CPS spokesman referred questions about the criminal charges to Chicago police , but Rivera said “ CPS will work to ensure the individual is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. ” CPD spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said Sims is also suspected of deleting the targeted files from the CPS database after they were stolen Attack.Databreach . The digital equipment seized in the warrant is being analyzed , and a search warrant is underway for Sims ’ s email account , Guglielmi said . Though police say they don ’ t believe anyone other than Sims was in possession of the data , they hope to learn more about what might have been done with the information . This latest CPS data breach Attack.Databreach comes only a few months after the school district mistakenly sent a mass email that linked to the private information of thousands of students and families . The email invited families to submit supplemental applications to selective enrollment schools . Attached at the bottom of the email was a link to a spreadsheet with the personal data of more than 3,700 students and families . In that incident , CPS apologized for the “ unacceptable breach Attack.Databreach of both student information and your trust ” and asked recipients of the email to delete the sensitive information . The data included children ’ s names , home and cellphone numbers , email addresses and ID numbers .

The results of an annual school survey administered by Western Albemarle High School ( WAHS ) were inadvertently exposed Attack.Databreach to the public in a serious breach Attack.Databreach of security and student privacy protocol . In a post-breach letter to parents , WAHS principal , Darah Bonham , explained that the school ’ s Peer Nomination Survey “ asks students to identify peers who either have been victims of bullying or have been responsible for bullying others. ” Bonham continued by revealing that a change to the survey exposed Attack.Databreach presumed confidential names of students listed on the survey : The survey is administered electronically and this morning , a change was made to add questions having to do with student needs around technology . Regrettably , this change inadvertently altered the security settings , making publically accessible , some survey information reported by students . It did not make public the names of students who provided that information . While WAHS has given assurances that the names of those submitting data to the survey were not exposed Attack.Databreach , concerned parents , students , and teachers were not assuaged .

HONG KONG ( REUTERS ) - Cathay Pacific Airways said on Wednesday ( Oct 24 ) that data of about 9.4 million passengers of Cathay and its unit Hong Kong Dragon Airlines had been accessed Attack.Databreach without authorisation . Cathay said 860,000 passport numbers , about 245,000 Hong Kong identity card numbers , 403 expired credit card numbers and 27 credit card numbers with no card verification value ( CVV ) were accessed Attack.Databreach in the breach Attack.Databreach . `` We are very sorry for any concern this data security event may cause our passengers , '' Cathay Pacific chief executive Rupert Hogg said in a statement . `` We acted immediately to contain the event , commence a thorough investigation with the assistance of a leading cyber-security firm , and to further strengthen our IT security measures . '' Mr Hogg said no passwords were compromised Attack.Databreach in the breach Attack.Databreach and the company was contacting affected passengers to give them information on how to protect themselves . Cathay Pacific was not immediately available for additional comment outside normal business hours . The company said it initially discovered suspicious activity on its network in March this year , and investigations in early May confirmed that certain personal data had been accessed Attack.Databreach . News of Cathay 's passenger data breach Attack.Databreach comes weeks after British Airways revealed that credit card details of hundreds of thousands of its customers were stolen Attack.Databreach over a two-week period . Cathay said in a statement that accessed Attack.Databreach data includes names of passengers , their nationalities , dates of birth , telephone numbers , e-mail and physical addresses , passport numbers , identity card numbers and historical travel information . It added that the Hong Kong Police had been notified about the breach Attack.Databreach and that there is no evidence any personal information has been misused .

Austal , which is based in Henderson , Western Australia , is one of the country 's largest shipbuilders ; it has built vessels for the U.S. Navy . The company , which is listed on Australia 's ASX stock exchange , announced the breach late Thursday . The announcement came just a day after a security researcher in France posted Attack.Databreach screenshots on Twitter of the purported stolen data . Austal says the material is neither sensitive nor classified and that it has taken steps to secure its data systems. `` The data breach Attack.Databreach has had no impact on Austal 's ongoing operations , '' the company says . Austal 's business in the United States is unaffected by this issue , as the computer systems are not linked . A spokesman for Austal contacted on Friday says he could n't offer further information on the incident . The breach Attack.Databreach exposed Attack.Databreach ship design drawings that are distributed to customers , fabrication subcontractors and suppliers , Austal says . It also exposed Attack.Databreach `` some staff email addresses and mobile phone numbers . '' Those individuals have been informed as well as a `` small number '' of other stakeholders directly impacted by the breach , the company reports . Austal has contacted the Australian Cyber Security Center and the Australian Federal Police . The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner , which enforces the country 's data protection regulations `` will be involved as required , '' Austal says . Companies are increasingly being subjected to ransoms Attack.Ransom by hackers after their networks have been breached Attack.Databreach . Ransoms Attack.Ransom put companies in tough positions : risk public exposure of potentially embarrassing data , or risk paying a ransom Attack.Ransom and still face a chance the data could be released anyway . Security experts and law enforcement generally advise against paying ransoms Attack.Ransom , even after incidents of file-encrypting malware . But some companies have viewed the situation as either a cost of doing business or a shorter route to recovery . Late last month in the U.S , the city of West Haven , Connecticut , paid Attack.Ransom $ 2,000 to unlock 23 servers that had been infected with ransomware ( see : Connecticut City Pays Ransom Attack.Ransom After Crypto-Locking Attack ) . The city 's attorney , Lee Tiernan , was quoted by the Associated Press as saying `` research showed it was the best course of action . '' If the city did n't have a backup file , it may have had little choice .

Today , federal officials announced new charges relating to the 2014 hack of Yahoo , alleging a conspiracy between criminal hackers and the Russian Federal Security Agency ( or FSB ) . The indictment names two FSB agents — Igor Suschin and Dmitry Dokuchaev — who allegedly contracted two criminal hackers — Aleksey Belan and Karim Baratov — to compromise Attack.Databreach Yahoo ’ s database , which included both US military officers and Russian journalists believed to be of interest to the FSB . Baratov was arrested yesterday in Canada , Department of Justice officials say . “ There are no free passes for foreign , state-sponsored criminal behavior , ” Assistant Attorney General McCord told reporters at a press conference . When Yahoo first disclosed the breach in September , the company attributed the attack to “ a state-sponsored actor , ” a claim that some security experts found questionable at the time . Subsequent reports found that the Yahoo database was sold Attack.Databreach a number of times , suggesting a criminal profit motive rather than intelligence gathering . According to the Department of Justice , that was a result of the FSB ’ s collaboration with its criminal contractors , who sold much of the stolen information after it had been handed over . One of the contractors also allegedly searched the accounts for gift cards and other financial info . Yahoo ’ s database was breached Attack.Databreach two separate times during the period — once in August 2013 and again in late 2014 , revealing account details for hundreds of millions of users each time . Today ’ s charges deal only with the 2014 breach Attack.Databreach , which compromised Attack.Databreach 500 million accounts . Many blamed Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer for refusing to invest in more robust security measures . Mayer later acknowledged the error , and gave up her annual salary , bonus and equity grant for 2016 as a result . Details of the breaches became public only after Yahoo had struck a deal to be acquired by Verizon . News of the security issues caused significant friction in the deal , ultimately causing Verizon to lower its purchase price by $ 350 million , to $ 4.4 billion dollars .

New statements from Apple make it clear that they do not believe a hacker , or group of hackers , breached any of their systems . This comes after a recent report from Motherboard that a hacker gang called the `` Turkish Crime Family '' is threatening to remotely wipe up to 559 million iPhones by April 7 . The hackers claim they hold an alleged cache of stolen accounts , and their goal is to shake down Attack.Ransom the big Apple for $ 75,000 in Bitcoin or Ethereum cryptocurrency . Alternatively , in lieu of those options , they will even accept Attack.Ransom $ 100,000 in iTunes gift cards ( a potentially risky option for them ) . Apple responded to the allegation that the hackers breached Attack.Databreach its systems , assuring their systems were not compromised Attack.Databreach , but did not confirm if the hackers do in fact hold Attack.Databreach an entire collection of Apple IDs and passwords . Whatever information they do have , probably came from previously comprised third-parties . `` If the list is legitimate , it was not obtained Attack.Databreach through any hack Attack.Databreach of Apple , '' an Apple spokesperson told Fortune in an email . `` There have not been any breaches Attack.Databreach in any of Apple 's systems including iCloud and Apple ID . '' Even if the data did n't come from an Apple breach Attack.Databreach , it could still mean your iCloud login details are out there . Fortune suggested that the logins could be from the LinkedIn hack Attack.Databreach , in which login info from 117 million accounts was sold on the black market site `` The Real Deal . '' Though , if the Turkish Crime Family really has 559 million accounts , well , a mere fraction of the 117 million from LinkedIn does n't really cut it . The hackers have been sending login information to media companies in an effort to gather attention to their scam . For example , The Next Web received a small fraction of the alleged data from the hackers , and cross-referenced the info with the site Have I Been Pwned , which checks to see if your email or username has been compromised Attack.Databreach in a hack . Most of the samples provided to TNW do n't appear to have been involved in the LinkedIn hack or other hacks in the Pwned database , but TNW was able to access Attack.Databreach the accounts with the login information provided by the hackers , so the info looks legitimate . They ca n't test every login , so the small sample may not be indicative of the whole . The Turkish Crime Family also noted to TNW that all conversations with Apple were actually kept private and never reported to Motherboard . Instead , the conversation between the Turkish Crime Family and Motherboard were led by a member that has now been removed for his `` inaccuracy '' and `` lack of professionalism , '' an the group denies the authenticity of Motherboard 's report . Overall , the hacking team seems to have a hard time sticking to one story . Now , the hacker group is confirming Apple 's statement that its systems have not been breached Attack.Databreach , and that the stolen data was obtained Attack.Databreach through previously compromised systems over the last five years . The Turkish Crime Family is , in fact , not contradicting Apple . They did not breach Attack.Databreach the company , nor did they ever state to Motherboard that they stole Attack.Databreach the info directly from Apple . Rather , after Motherboard 's breaking March 21 report , a breach was assumed by some news outlets such as BGR , though most media sites never directly stated that the hackers breached Apple . The Turkish Crime Family 's initial response to Motherboard , and the group 's only statement , was to extort Attack.Ransom Apple over an alleged cache of iCloud and other Apple email accounts . The group never stated where their cache of data came from until today when they contacted TNW in response to Apple .

DocuSign , with over 100 million users , is one of the world ’ s largest providers of electronic signature technology and digital transaction management . Recently , DocuSign acknowledged that they have been the victim of a malware phishing attack Attack.Phishing . The data breach Attack.Databreach happened at one DocuSign computer system location and has since been contained . While short-lived , the malware was able to obtain Attack.Databreach many customer and user emails from the DocuSign database . Fortunately , the breach Attack.Databreach was limited to email addresses ; no documents or further customer information was accessed Attack.Databreach in the attack Attack.Databreach . The attackers have begun sending out Attack.Phishing malicious emails with the company ’ s branding to DocuSign customers and users . In an alert on the DocuSign website , the company shared that it is tracking these emails which carry a downloadable Microsoft Word document harboring malware to attack the user ’ s system . The email subject line has been known to read : “ Completed : docusign.com – Wire Transfer Instructions for recipient-name Document Ready for Signature. ” How to protect yourself If you are not expecting an email via DocuSign , do not click on the link . If you are expecting a document , but are unsure of the source , you can access your document directly by visiting docusign.com . Every legitimate DocuSign email has a code which the user can enter on the website to access their document . DocuSign has asked that people forward suspicious emails to spam @ docusign.com then delete the email from their inboxes . It is important to remember that DocuSign will never request a customer or user to open a PDF , Microsoft Office document or ZIP file in an email .

East Ohio Regional Hospital in Harper 's Ferry , Ohio , and Ohio Valley Medical Center in Wheeling , West Virginia , both got affected by ransomware on the last weekend of November . [ 1 ] Due to this incident , ambulance patients were transported to other hospitals nearby and emergency room admissions were limited to walk-up patients only . Due to attack , employees needed to switch to paper charting and various systems were taken offline immediately . This fairly quick response limited the ransomware damage and prevented the possible data breach Attack.Databreach . [ 2 ] According to Karin Janiszewski , director of marketing and public relations for EORH and OVMC , hospitals reacted as soon as possible and , at the moment of writing , they are already using the computer network . On the following Saturday , Karin Janiszewski stated : There has been no patient information breach Attack.Databreach . The hospitals are switching to paper charting to ensure patient data protection . We have redundant security , so the attack was able to get through the first layer but not the second layer . IT staff dealt with the outbreak to avoid a data breach Attack.Databreach When it comes to malware attacks on large companies , the loss Attack.Databreach of personal customer data is the worst thing that can happen . It seems that this time the situation was handled quick enough to prevent having the sensitive data being compromised Attack.Databreach . IT team took several computers offline , and , because of this , most of the clinical operations transferred to other units , and emergency patients were automatically taken to different locations . On Saturday , when the incidents occurred , hospital officials stated that the staff is ready to take everything on paper until the downtime is over . Also , since this is a ransomware-type malware attack Attack.Ransom , hackers demand a ransom Attack.Ransom . However , officials did not select the scenario involving making the payment Attack.Ransom . No matter how big or how little the ransom demand Attack.Ransom is , officials should n't even consider making the payment Attack.Ransom because it may lead to system damage or permanent data loss . [ 3 ] In the United States , data breaches Attack.Databreach and malware attacks on huge organizations have become a common thing , especially in the healthcare industry . In 2016 Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital paid the demanded ransom Attack.Ransom in Bitcoin after having its data encrypted . [ 4 ] The infection was widespread and the attack Attack.Ransom cost around $ 17 000 . Another incident that resulted in ransom payment Attack.Ransom was spotted in Kansas Heart Hospital in 2016 also . Unfortunately , after the payment was made Attack.Ransom , attackers disappeared ignoring the promise to decrypt locked files . They send yet another ransom demand Attack.Ransom instead and asked for Attack.Ransom a bigger amount of money . Previously this year , the Indiana-based hospital got infected with SamSam which is an infamous ransomware virus which has been relying on specific infection tactics which is highly personalized . After considering different scenarios , the hospital decided to pay Attack.Ransom 4 BTC ( equal to $ 45 000 at that time ) for ransomware developers to get private keys needed for files ' recovery . Ransomware developers gave what they promised .

Family genealogy and DNA testing site MyHeritage announced on Monday a security breach Attack.Databreach during which an attacker made off with account details for over 92 million MyHeritage users . In a statement on its website , MyHeritage said it became aware of the incident on Monday , the same day of the announcement . The incident came to light after a security researcher found an archive on a third-party server containing the personal details of 92,283,889 MyHeritage users . Only emails and hashed password were exposed Attack.Databreach . The archive contained only emails and hashed passwords , but not payment card details or DNA test result . MyHeritage says it uses third-party payment processors for financial operations , meaning payment data was never stored on its systems , while DNA test results were saved on separate servers from the one that managed user accounts . Based on the creation dates of some accounts , the breach appears to have taken place on October 26 , 2017 . It is unclear if the breach is the result of a hacker attack or because of a malicious employee selling the company 's data . MyHeritage says that user accounts are safe , as the passwords were hashed using a per-user unique cryptographic key . `` MyHeritage does not store user passwords , but rather a one-way hash of each password , in which the hash key differs for each customer , '' the company said . `` Since Oct 26 , 2017 ( the date of the breach ) and the present we have not seen any activity indicating that any MyHeritage accounts had been compromised Attack.Databreach . '' The company announced the breach in the same day it found out about it because of the EU 's GDPR legislation that forces companies activating in the EU to disclose any security incident within three days of finding out . MyHeritage says it has now reached out to a cyber-security firm to help it investigate the breach severity and what other systems the hacker might have accessed . MyHeritage to roll out 2FA The company also promised to roll out a two-factor authentication ( 2FA ) feature for user accounts , so even if the hacker manages to decrypt the hashed passwords , these would be useless without the second-step verification code . It goes without saying that MyHeritage users should change their passwords as soon as possible . The MyHeritage incident marks the biggest data breach Attack.Databreach of the year , and the biggest leak Attack.Databreach since last year 's Equifax hack Attack.Databreach .

An unsecured Kubernetes container management console allowed cyber-attackers to breach Attack.Databreach a Tesla cloud account that contained sensitive data , including telemetry data from the company ’ s electric cars , according to a report by security company RedLock . Details about Tesla cloud account breach Attack.Databreach where included in RedLock report as an example of the cyber-security threats face enterprises that store sensitive data and run important business applications on cloud services . RedLock ’ s Cloud Security Intelligence team found that the Tesla breach Attack.Databreach resulted from the exposure Attack.Databreach of Amazon Web Services security credentials after hackers penetrated Attack.Databreach Tesla ’ s Kubernetes console , which was not password protected This led to the exposure Attack.Databreach of the company ’ s Amazon S3 cloud account , which contained sensitive data including the Tesla vehicle telemetry . What was most remarkable about the CSI report was that the problems that affect on premises infrastructure are the same ones that affect cloud infrastructure . The difference is that most organizations have learned over the years to provide at least some level of protection for their on premises infrastructure and assets . Unfortunately , it appears that the same isn ’ t true of their cloud resources . Part of the problem , it appears , comes from a lack of familiarity with managing cloud services . But security for those services does exist is readily available . Amazon , for example regularly sends out emails to AWS users explaining what security measures , products and services are available for its cloud environments . Unlike private , on-premises environments , the public cloud is just that—public . That means it can be accessed by anyone , including an attacker that possesses the credentials that can enable access from anywhere . What that means is that access security is even more important , because you have no means of preventing a criminal from trying to gain access . But it also means that monitoring your cloud environment is just as important as your on premises physical environment . Monitoring at least provides a way to find an attacker that ’ s gotten past your access controls . The CSI team also recommends a “ deny all ” setting on your firewall for outbound cloud traffic , and setting your cloud so that configuration changes are automatically reported . The key here is to remember that while the cloud provider can play a role in helping ensure your cloud is secure , they can ’ t do it alone . It ’ s your part of the cloud , your data , and you ’ re paying for those computing assets . It ’ s your job to make sure they ’ re secure .

An unsecured Kubernetes container management console allowed cyber-attackers to breach Attack.Databreach a Tesla cloud account that contained sensitive data , including telemetry data from the company ’ s electric cars , according to a report by security company RedLock . Details about Tesla cloud account breach Attack.Databreach where included in RedLock report as an example of the cyber-security threats face enterprises that store sensitive data and run important business applications on cloud services . RedLock ’ s Cloud Security Intelligence team found that the Tesla breach Attack.Databreach resulted from the exposure Attack.Databreach of Amazon Web Services security credentials after hackers penetrated Attack.Databreach Tesla ’ s Kubernetes console , which was not password protected This led to the exposure Attack.Databreach of the company ’ s Amazon S3 cloud account , which contained sensitive data including the Tesla vehicle telemetry . What was most remarkable about the CSI report was that the problems that affect on premises infrastructure are the same ones that affect cloud infrastructure . The difference is that most organizations have learned over the years to provide at least some level of protection for their on premises infrastructure and assets . Unfortunately , it appears that the same isn ’ t true of their cloud resources . Part of the problem , it appears , comes from a lack of familiarity with managing cloud services . But security for those services does exist is readily available . Amazon , for example regularly sends out emails to AWS users explaining what security measures , products and services are available for its cloud environments . Unlike private , on-premises environments , the public cloud is just that—public . That means it can be accessed by anyone , including an attacker that possesses the credentials that can enable access from anywhere . What that means is that access security is even more important , because you have no means of preventing a criminal from trying to gain access . But it also means that monitoring your cloud environment is just as important as your on premises physical environment . Monitoring at least provides a way to find an attacker that ’ s gotten past your access controls . The CSI team also recommends a “ deny all ” setting on your firewall for outbound cloud traffic , and setting your cloud so that configuration changes are automatically reported . The key here is to remember that while the cloud provider can play a role in helping ensure your cloud is secure , they can ’ t do it alone . It ’ s your part of the cloud , your data , and you ’ re paying for those computing assets . It ’ s your job to make sure they ’ re secure .

About 33 million records belonging to Dun & Bradstreet have been leaked Attack.Databreach , placing a large portion of the US corporate population at risk . According to independent researcher Troy Hunt , the database is about 52 gigabytes in size and contains just under 33.7 million unique email addresses and other contact information from employees of thousands of large enterprises and government entities . While details are unfolding , the leak Attack.Databreach is thought to be from a database D & B acquired from NetProspex in 2015 . The file is a “ list rental ” file that D & B offers marketers for use for their own email campaigns . It ’ s believed that one of these marketing firms is the source of the leak Attack.Databreach itself having been compromised Attack.Databreach in some way . `` We 've carefully evaluated the information that was shared with us and it is of a type and in a format that we deliver to customers every day , ” D & B said in a media statement . “ Dun & Bradstreet maintains that neither they or NetProspex suffered a breach Attack.Databreach or caused the leak Attack.Databreach , ” said Stephen Boyer , co-founder and CTO of third-party risk management and security ratings firm BitSight . “ If true and the leak Attack.Databreach stemmed from one of their customers , which represents a new dimension of third-party risk . While customers do n't have ongoing relationships in the way that vendors and suppliers do , they still can pose risk when licensing and buying data in bulk. ” As originally reported by ZDNet , Hunt said in a blog post that he was able to determine that the most records in the database come from the US Department of Defense , with other government and large enterprises following . The worrisome part is the deep bench of information that the records contain . For Wells Fargo , for example , the information is for the C-suite and 45 vice presidents , senior vice presidents , assistant vice presidents and executive vice presidents , all with names and email addresses alongside job titles . `` The market for stolen personal identifiable information continues to be lucrative for attackers to steal and sell Attack.Databreach data , ” said Lee Weiner , chief product officer at Rapid7 , via email . “ Individuals affected by this breach Attack.Databreach should continue to be vigilant for piggy-back attacks that can ensue from attackers using this information to engage in phishing tactics with this information to steal Attack.Databreach passwords and gain access Attack.Databreach to accounts . '' Those follow-on threats can include business email compromise ( BEC ) . “ This leak Attack.Databreach allows cyber-criminals to carry out whaling attacks Attack.Phishing for large enterprises , ” said Boyer . “ Some organizations have over 100,000 employee records compromised Attack.Databreach in this breach Attack.Databreach and may witness an uptake in targeted phishing attacks Attack.Phishing and fraud schemes. ” Hunt noted that the leak is an example of an endemic problem in data management and society . “ We 've lost control of our personal data and…we often do not have any way of feeding back to companies what data we ’ d rather not share , ” he noted . “ Particularly when D & B believe they 're operating legally by selling this information , what chance do we have—either as individuals or corporations—of regaining control of data like this ? Next to zero and about the only thing you can do right now is assess whether you 've been exposed . ”

The databases were stolen Attack.Databreach between 2011 to 2017 from widely visited forums providing information about Bitcoin mining and trading . The combined number of data stolen Attack.Databreach from these forums is more than 12,000,000 including 536,727accounts from MerlinsMagicBitcoin.com which suffered a data breach Attack.Databreach in January 2017 , 514,409 accounts from BitcoinTalk.org forum which was hacked Attack.Databreach in May 2015 , 568,357 stolen Attack.Databreach from BTC-E.com back in October 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was also hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 . 3,153 Bitcoin.Lixter.com which was breached Attack.Databreach in September 2014 , 1,780 BitLeak.net accounts stolen Attack.Databreach back in March 2014 , 28,298 DogeWallet.com accounts stolen Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 61,011 MtGox.com stolen Attack.Databreach in June 2011 , 34,513 BitsCircle.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) 10,855,376 BitcoinSec from 2014 breach Attack.Databreach and 3,149 accounts from TheBitcoinShop.pixub.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) . In some cases , the passwords have been decrypted while some are using SHA1 hash which is easy to decrypt since Google security researchers have already broken the SHA-1 web security tool last month . The price set for this data is USD 400 ( BTC 0.3817 ) It must be noted that BitcoinTalk.org and BTC-E.com are two of the most important bitcoin related platforms having their data sold on the dark web since 2016 by several other vendors . However , we are not sure about rest of the platforms . Either way , if you have an account on any of the forums mentioned above change your password asap . Also , some of the forums discussed aren ’ t active anymore ; therefore , the relevance of their data is out of the question .

The databases were stolen Attack.Databreach between 2011 to 2017 from widely visited forums providing information about Bitcoin mining and trading . The combined number of data stolen Attack.Databreach from these forums is more than 12,000,000 including 536,727accounts from MerlinsMagicBitcoin.com which suffered a data breach Attack.Databreach in January 2017 , 514,409 accounts from BitcoinTalk.org forum which was hacked Attack.Databreach in May 2015 , 568,357 stolen Attack.Databreach from BTC-E.com back in October 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was also hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 . 3,153 Bitcoin.Lixter.com which was breached Attack.Databreach in September 2014 , 1,780 BitLeak.net accounts stolen Attack.Databreach back in March 2014 , 28,298 DogeWallet.com accounts stolen Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 61,011 MtGox.com stolen Attack.Databreach in June 2011 , 34,513 BitsCircle.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) 10,855,376 BitcoinSec from 2014 breach Attack.Databreach and 3,149 accounts from TheBitcoinShop.pixub.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) . In some cases , the passwords have been decrypted while some are using SHA1 hash which is easy to decrypt since Google security researchers have already broken the SHA-1 web security tool last month . The price set for this data is USD 400 ( BTC 0.3817 ) It must be noted that BitcoinTalk.org and BTC-E.com are two of the most important bitcoin related platforms having their data sold on the dark web since 2016 by several other vendors . However , we are not sure about rest of the platforms . Either way , if you have an account on any of the forums mentioned above change your password asap . Also , some of the forums discussed aren ’ t active anymore ; therefore , the relevance of their data is out of the question .

The databases were stolen Attack.Databreach between 2011 to 2017 from widely visited forums providing information about Bitcoin mining and trading . The combined number of data stolen Attack.Databreach from these forums is more than 12,000,000 including 536,727accounts from MerlinsMagicBitcoin.com which suffered a data breach Attack.Databreach in January 2017 , 514,409 accounts from BitcoinTalk.org forum which was hacked Attack.Databreach in May 2015 , 568,357 stolen Attack.Databreach from BTC-E.com back in October 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 21,439 accounts from BTC4Free.com which was also hacked Attack.Databreach in January 2014 . 3,153 Bitcoin.Lixter.com which was breached Attack.Databreach in September 2014 , 1,780 BitLeak.net accounts stolen Attack.Databreach back in March 2014 , 28,298 DogeWallet.com accounts stolen Attack.Databreach in January 2014 , 61,011 MtGox.com stolen Attack.Databreach in June 2011 , 34,513 BitsCircle.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) 10,855,376 BitcoinSec from 2014 breach Attack.Databreach and 3,149 accounts from TheBitcoinShop.pixub.com ( breach Attack.Databreach date unknown ) . In some cases , the passwords have been decrypted while some are using SHA1 hash which is easy to decrypt since Google security researchers have already broken the SHA-1 web security tool last month . The price set for this data is USD 400 ( BTC 0.3817 ) It must be noted that BitcoinTalk.org and BTC-E.com are two of the most important bitcoin related platforms having their data sold on the dark web since 2016 by several other vendors . However , we are not sure about rest of the platforms . Either way , if you have an account on any of the forums mentioned above change your password asap . Also , some of the forums discussed aren ’ t active anymore ; therefore , the relevance of their data is out of the question .

Every year , cybercriminals cash in on tax season by targeting individuals , but this year it 's a little different . It 's businesses that must be extra careful when filing , because businesses are experiencing a rise in tax-related scams , specifically W-2 fraud . Researchers at IBM X-Force , the tech giant 's security research division , discovered more than 1400 % growth in general tax-themed spam between December 2016 and March 2017 . `` On top of all the usual activity -- consumer tax fraud , filing on others ' behalf -- we began to see that businesses are being targeted a lot more , '' says Limor Kessem , executive security advisor for IBM Security . In the past , she says , tax fraud on businesses were the purview of only advanced attackers . This year , they saw a rise in social engineering attacks on smaller organizations like schools , non-profits , and restaurants as fraudsters start to aim for the `` low-hanging fruit '' of the corporate world . Cybercriminals often collect Attack.Databreach W-2 data by pretending to be Attack.Phishing a company exec and emailing HR or payroll for employee information , which is used to file fraudulent returns and collect refunds . In addition , they may also request a wire transfer to a specific bank account . Attackers who are more technically inclined may bypass the fake emails and breach Attack.Databreach an organization 's servers to steal Attack.Databreach data directly , says Kessem . In addition to using W-2 data for their own scams , fraudsters will sell it on the dark web , the report states . The most valuable bundles of information are called `` Fullz '' and contain the victim 's address , contact info , Social Security and driver 's license numbers , plus all W-2 and W-9 information . Each record runs for $ 40- $ 50 in Bitcoin on the Dark Web . With all this data for $ 50 per record , harmful activity does n't have to stop at tax fraud , Kessem notes . Cybercriminals can buy and use this data for other scams like identity theft or online loan applications . Tax-related risks increase as the filing deadline approaches . One-third of Americans ( 54 million people ) filed their taxes after April 1 in 2016 , giving fraudsters a larger window of opportunity to strike . Tax-related cybercrime wo n't stop after April 18 , 2017 . `` There are a number of people filing after the deadline , '' says Kessem , noting the popularity of extensions . There are millions who will still be interested in tax-themed emails . '' However , their tax scam strategies will shift after the deadline as cybercriminals move from stealing data to infecting machines with malware . Because victims may expect messages indicating problems with their returns , they are more likely to open potentially malicious attachments , Kessem explains . Researchers believe data sets sold on the Dark Web are a sign that fraudsters are stealing Attack.Databreach tax info from employer databases -- meaning they get it before the taxpayers

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