Charles Gorrivan

Passwords were among data stolen from government-affiliated institute

A North Korean military operative has been indicted for his alleged role in hacking American medical providers, NASA and for using ransomware to extort organizations around the world, US prosecutors said Thursday.

Hackers have leaked internal documents stolen from Leidos Holdings Inc., one of the largest IT services providers to the US government, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Hacker Says They First Didn’t See Any Value in Stolen AT&T Data

A hacker who claims to have stolen sensitive call and text logs from AT&T Inc. said they were paid about $400,000 to erase the data trove.

CDK Global Inc., the software provider to roughly 15,000 car dealerships across North America that was crippled by a hack nearly two weeks ago, said “substantially all” of the dealers it serves have seen their management systems come back online.

A little more than a year ago, a cyberattack forced the city of Dallas to shut down its computer systems, including one that the local fire department relies on to track emergencies. For four days, firefighters resorted to moving magnets around on a map to keep tabs on incidents and manage their crews.

Evolve Bank & Trust confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack and that customer data had been posted on the dark web, less than two weeks after the Arkansas-based lender was ordered by regulators to improve its risk management and get approval before entering into any new partnerships.

A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc.

A hacking group called BlackSuit is behind the cyberattack on CDK Global that’s paralyzed car sales across the US, according to Allan Liska, a threat analyst at the security firm Recorded Future Inc.