A medical equipment and software firm revealed a data breach that compromised nearly a million individuals’ personal information. In a different vein, a parts supplier for SpaceX was allegedly hacked by LockBit, resulting in the theft of secretive blueprints of the space technology giant. Meanwhile, cybercriminals were found surfing the ChatGPT popularity wave to hijack Facebook business accounts to run malicious ads for free. Read along for more.
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Medical technology maker Zoll Medical is notifying roughly one million individuals that their personal information, names, addresses, birth dates, and Social Security numbers, might have been compromised in a recent data breach.
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LockBit ransomware gang breached Maximum Industries, a contract manufacturer for SpaceX, and allegedly stole 3,000 proprietary schematics related to the space technology company.
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Saint-Pierre, a university hospital in Brussels, Belgium, faced a cyberattack that caused a network outage and resulted in the diversion of ambulances by emergency dispatchers.
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The CISA announced the creation of the Ransomware Vulnerability Warning Pilot (RVWP) program to warn critical infrastructure entities regarding exposed vulnerabilities that could be exploited by ransomware actors.
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The Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA) disclosed a data breach after it fell victim to a LockBit ransomware attack on December 31, 2022, that leaked its clients' sensitive information.
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As part of the "Integrated Review" of its security strategy, the UK government announced the new National Protective Security Agency (NPSA), overseen by the MI5, that will help organizations tackle state-sponsored threats.
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Cybercriminals were observed using a fake ChatGPT browser extension in Chrome to hijack Facebook accounts and install hidden account backdoors to push Facebook paid ads.
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An attack campaign aimed at East Asian audiences has been hijacking thousands of websites to redirect visitors to adult-themed content since early September 2022, revealed Wiz.
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The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Taiwan warned the public of phishing scams being carried out on C2C online auction platforms such as Shopee and Carousell.
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Grip Security, a Boston, MA, and Tel Aviv, Israel-based SaaS security company, received an undisclosed strategic investment from The Syndicate Group.
