Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Also, US Sanction Cybercrime Enablers, Celine Dion Ticket ScamThis week, ransomware victims paying less, cybercrime sanctions, Celine Dion ticket scams, 23andMe to pay $18 million, a 13-year old Daixin infection, Spiral ransomware, Patch Tuesday, CISA ordered rapid SharePoint patching and Spanish police busted a cybercrime ring. Sore Egyptian World Cup losers.

Cybercrime Group First Listed Ohio Health System as a Data Theft Victim Last JuneOhio-based Kettering Health is notifying current and former patients and "affiliates" that their personal, health and financial information was potentially compromised in a May 2025 ransomware attack and data theft incident claimed by cybercriminal gang Interlock.

Also: SudamericaData Leak, RaccoonO365 Arrest and Nefilim Conspirator Pleads GuiltyThis week: Spotify metadata scraped, Nissan disclosed third-party breach, millions of Argentines exposed to data leak, African police arrested hundreds in a cybercrime sweep, Nigeria nabbed a phishing operator, the U.S. DOJ charged ATM jackpotting ring and Nefilim ransomware affiliate pleaded guilty.

Bayhealth Medical Center Was Among Cybercrime Group's Many 2024 Healthcare VictimsBayhealth Medical Center in Delaware - an alleged victim of a 2024 hack by the "notorious" and prolific ransomware gang Rhysida that resulted in a breach affecting nearly a half-million people - has agreed to a preliminary settlement in a proposed class action lawsuit stemming from the incident.

Cybercrime Group ShinyHunters Advertises 160 Million Stolen RecordsVietnam's central bank is probing a hack attack that breached its credit reporting division, exposing personally identifiable information. The cybercrime group ShinyHunters claimed credit for the breach, advertising on a cybercrime forum 160 million stolen records for $175,000.

At Least 918K Affected in 2024 BianLian Data Theft AttackA New York-based pediatric practice and its managed services vendor have agreed to pay $5.15 million to settle a proposed class action lawsuit stemming from a 2024 data theft attack affecting more than 918,000 people and allegedly carried out by cybercrime gang BianLian.

Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.

Also: Clorox Sues IT Vendor Over Password BlunderThis week, XSS forum admin arrested, Clorox sued Cognizant, Lumma Stealer is back, NY regulates water, U.S. maritime cybersecurity rules in effect, new Coyote banking Trojan, a hacker nabbed details of Mexico City auxiliary police, Latin America cyberattacks, and World Leaks stole synthetic data.

Group Amassed Intelligence on CFO to Trick Help Desk and Gain Initial AccessHackers tied to the cybercrime group Scattered Spider have been taking down fresh victims, including a logistics firm first breached when attackers tricked its help desk, using personal information they amassed for the CFO, reports the security team that responded to the intrusion.

Notorious Site Facilitated Buying and Selling of Breached Databases, Hacking ToolsFrench police have reportedly busted five suspected hackers - "IntelBroker," "ShinyHunters," "Hollow," "Noct" and "Depressed" - tied to the operation of the notorious cybercrime site BreachForums, which facilitated the buying and selling of stolen databases and hacking tools.

Preliminary Approval Granted to Settle Lawsuits Over Snowflake Breach, DatasetA federal judge has granted preliminary approval for AT&T to settle multiple data breach lawsuits for $177 million. The lawsuits pertain to a customer dataset from 2021 that was circulating on cybercrime forums, and to the 2024 breach of AT&T's Snowflake account.

Experts Debunk Legitimacy of Data Sets With 16 Billion Credentials Being CirculatedNews broke this week that a "colossal" set of data comprising 16 billion stolen login credentials has been circulating on the cybercrime underground, making it "the largest data breach in history." Don't believe the hype: experts say the numbers simply don't add up, and see little if any risk.

Cybercrime History Teaches That Paying a Ransom for Data Deletion is FoolishData breach victim PowerSchool, maker of a widely used K-12 student information system platform, has been attempting to assure schools, and parents and guardians, by saying its attacker has promised to delete the stolen data. What's the old saying about those who fail to learn from history?

Also: Trinity Didn't Really Hack the Spanish Tax Agency, Law Firm KYL Reports BreachThis week, a vodka maker in bankruptcy cited its ransomware attack, no ransomware at the Spanish tax agency and cable cuttings in Finland. Data stolen from Japanese shoppers, Chemonics International and law firm KYL. A sweep of Asian cybercrime, trends in the U.K. and ENGlobal ransomware attack.

Also: Africa Busts Cybercrime Suspects; Many Smart Devices Lack Update TransparencyThis week, Microsoft previews its latest attempt to introduce AI-enabled Windows Recall - now with added privacy features; over 1,000 cybercrime suspects busted in Africa; regulators report "smart" device update promises often missing; and Florida IT professional caught spying for China.

Also: Payment Card Theft Trends, Internet Archive UpdateThis week, bulk data transfers to China, credit card theft, the Internet Archive still recovering and the Change Healthcare tally is now 100M. Ukraine fought phishers, civil society against the UN cybercrime treaty, TA866 and virtual hard drives spread malware. Google verified Sir Isaac Newton.

Also: Prison Sentences for BEC Scammers and a West African Cybercrime CrackdownThis week, AI nudify sites spread malware, BEC scammers head to prison, London man charged with hacking, and a Spanish insurance company with a breach. Also, a North Korean hacking group and a West African crackdown on online scammers. And, a Schrödinger Windows vulnerability: Is it real?

1.3 Million Individuals Being Notified Their Social Security Numbers Were StolenBackground check firm Jericho Pictures, which does business as National Public Data, is notifying 1.3 million individuals that their personal information was stolen via a December 2023 breach of its systems. The stolen information was listed for sale on a cybercrime market beginning in April.

More Victims of Campaign Against Data Warehousing Platform Snowflake Come to LightAdd luxury department store chain Neiman Marcus and the Los Angeles Unified School District to the list of known victims of a cybercrime that accessed accounts at cloud-based data warehousing platform Snowflake. Other victims include Santander Bank and Live Nation Entertainment's Ticketmaster.

Dataset Leaked for Free; ShinyHunters Cybercrime Gang First Advertised It in 2021Data breach blast from the past: Data pertaining to 70 million individuals that the ShinyHunters gang claimed were AT&T customers has been leaked via a hacking forum, three years after criminals first offered it for sale. AT&T said the information didn't appear to have been stolen from its systems.