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Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

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Russian hacker group Phoenix targets health ministry systems – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Cybersecurity company CloudSEK’s AI digital-risk platform XVigil on Wednesday detected a Russian-origin threat-actor group that claimed to have targeted the Indian health ministry’s health-management information system. Access to the personnel directory and chief physicians of every Indian hospital is likely to have been jeopardised. This raises the prospect of exfiltration of licence documents … Read more

CoWIN platform data leaked on dark web: It’s ‘not true’ says ethical hacker – ET HealthWorld

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CoWIN platform data leaked on dark web: It’s ‘not true’ says ethical hacker – ET HealthWorld

New Delhi: Hours after a report surfaced claiming that an Iranian hacker has access to the sensitive data from the CoWIN platform and wants to sell it on the dark web, an ethical hacker has said that the claims don’t seem to be genuine. The hacker reportedly said he/ she wants to sell the admin … Read more

Hacker publishes Australian health insurer’s customer data – ET HealthWorld

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Hacker publishes Australian health insurer’s customer data – ET HealthWorld

Canberra: Medibank client data was published by an extortionist Wednesday, including details of individuals’ medical procedures, after Australia’s largest health insurer refused to pay a ransom for the personal records of almost 10 million current and former customers. The release of information on the dark web appeared to be a sample of the data that … Read more

Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed

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Ransomware persists even as high-profile attacks have slowed

In the months since President Joe Biden warned Russia’s Vladimir Putin that he needed to crack down on ransomware gangs in his country, there hasn’t been a massive attack like the one last May that resulted in gasoline shortages. But that’s small comfort to Ken Trzaska. Trzaska is president of Lewis & Clark Community College, … Read more

Hackers tell the story of the Twitter attack from the inside

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Hackers tell the story of the Twitter attack from the inside

A Twitter hacking scheme that targeted political, corporate and cultural elites this week began with a teasing message between two hackers late Tuesday on online messaging platform Discord. “yoo bro,” wrote a user named “Kirk,” according to a screenshot of the conversation shared with The New York Times. “i work at twitter / don’t show … Read more