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Hackers Leak Customer Info From Crypto Wallet Ledger
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The names, mailing addresses, and phone numbers for 272,000 customers of cryptocurrency wallet company Ledger have been released online by hackers. The hackers gained access to the information when they penetrated Ledger's databases in July this year. According to reports, the stolen information has been posted at Raidforums, a site for sharing hacked databases.
"To actually move to someone's home is a very costly event," Gauthier said, adding that hackers will optimize their operations by spending as little as possible for a ransom. But he counseled wallet holders not to store their private keys at home. "Would you keep a million dollar in cash at home? If you have that much wealth, you shouldn't keep it in your house," he said.
More Hacking Attacks Found, Officials Warn of Risk to U.S. Government - The New York Times
The discovery suggests that the scope of the hacking, which appears to extend beyond nuclear laboratories and Pentagon, Treasury and Commerce Department systems, complicates the challenge for federal investigators as they try to assess the damage and understand what had been stolen.
Minutes after the statement from the cybersecurity arm of the Department of Homeland Security, President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. warned that his administration would impose "substantial costs" on those responsible.
Iran-linked hackers say they breached Israeli cyber security firm Portnox | The Times of Israel
According to ClearSky, though Pay2Key portends to be an outfit specializing in ransomware, the group is in fact conducting cyberattacks on Israeli companies as part of an ongoing campaign against the Jewish state by Tehran.
"We estimate with a medium level of confidence that this campaign (Pay2Key) is part of Iran information warfare aimed to create panic in Israel and in other countries worldwide," the cyber security company said.
An investigation found that there may have been 15-20 additional companies, not Amital clients, that were also targeted in the attack, although the full list is still unknown, the Calcalist website reported.
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US scrambles to understand fallout of suspected Russia hack | Hacking | The Guardian
The US government is still in the dark over how deeply Russian hackers penetrated its networks during the worst ever cyber-attack on federal agencies, members of Congress warned on Friday.
At least six government departments were breached in a likely Russian intelligence operation thought to have begun in March. Although there is no evidence that classified networks were compromised, it is not known what the hackers may have stolen or how long it will take to purge them.
Massive data breach may have been discovered due to 'unforced error' by suspected Russian hackers
(CNN) US officials and private sector experts investigating the massive data breach that has rocked Washington increasingly believe the attackers were ultimately discovered because they took a more aggressive "calculated risk" that led to a possible "unforced error" as they tried to expand their access within the network they had penetrated months earlier without detection, according to a US official and two sources familiar with the situation.
How the SolarWinds hackers are targeting cloud services in unprecedented cyberattack -
[Editor's Note: Independent security consultant Christopher Budd worked previously in Microsoft's Security Response Center for 10 years.]
Analysis: To understand where the SolarWinds attackers are going next, and how to defend against them, look to the clouds.
The SolarWinds supply chain attacks are unprecedented in many ways. The attacks are sophisticated in execution, broad in scope, and incredibly potent in their effectiveness. But perhaps most notable is the unprecedented manner in which the SolarWinds attackers seem to be seeking access to cloud-based services as one of their key objectives.
City of Ellensburg restores financial systems after attack by hackers | News | wenatcheeworld.com
ELLENSBURG — The city of Ellensburg is recovering from a malware attack that left city data encrypted and held hostage by hackers.
Ellensburg Police Department Capt. Dan Hansberry says the city maintained multiple backups of its systems and IT staffers are working to restore city systems from those backups.
Hansberry said city financial systems are among the first to be restored, and the city can now receive payments online, via phone, or in person.
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