Yasna brings together recent headlines from selected sources and makes them easier to sort with tags, filters, and search.
Search across headline titles and summaries.
Weekly headline count for the current query.
More Than 100,000 Affected by Hack Detected on Dec. 30The New Zealand government is probing a year-end ransomware hack of private healthcare service provider Manage My Health that impacted thousands of patients. Digital extortion group Kazu has claimed responsibility and threatened to leak the data on Jan. 15 unless it receives a $60,000 ransom.
Some Patients Threatened Directly by Hackers; Center to Spend $13.5M on SecurityA Seattle cancer center has agreed to pay $11.5 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit involving a 2023 double-extortion ransomware attack that affected 2.1 million people, with some patients directly threatened by hackers with swatting attacks if they didn't pay a ransom.
Teenager Charged With Stealing K-12 Student and Faculty Data, $3 Million ExtortionMassachusetts teenage college student Matthew Lane has been accused of hacking into K-12 student information system platform provider PowerSchool and holding stolen student and faculty data to ransom. Prosecutors said Lane has agreed to plead guilty to multiple charges tied to two hack attacks.
Man Accused of Hacking 90 Organizations Globally Under a Variety of AliasesA suspected hacker tied to more than 90 global data breaches has been arrested in Thailand. The Royal Thai Police and the Singapore Police Force said the 39-year-old suspect used a variety of aliases, including Altdos, Desorden, Ghostr and 0mid16B, and attempted to pressure victims into paying a ransom.
A ransomware gang is taking extortion to a new level by publicly hacking corporate websites to publicly display ransom notes. [...]