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DMEA Colorado electric utility hit by a disruptive cyberattack

Security Affairs

A ransomware attack hit an electric utility in Colorado causing a significant disruption and damage. The Delta-Montrose Electric Association (DMEA) is a local electric cooperative located in Colorado, it is part of Touchstone Energy Cooperatives. ”reads the data breach notice published by the company.

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List of Data Breaches and Cyber Attacks in August 2022 – 97 Million Records Breached

IT Governance

Data breaches. confirms security incident (unknown) Friedrich Air Conditioning, LLC announces security breach (unknown) Gibson Overseas, Inc. announces security breach (unknown) The Country Club at Woodfield, Inc. announces security breach (unknown) The Country Club at Woodfield, Inc. Data breaches.

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Resecurity Released a 2024 Cyber Threat Landscape Forecast

Security Affairs

Securities and Exchange Commission regulations are expected to fuel heightened interest among malicious actors in orchestrating network intrusions and data breaches within these entities.

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in December 2020 – 148 million records breached

IT Governance

We’ll have a separate post looking at the year’s data breaches and cyber attacks in more detail, but in the meantime, you can find the full list of December’s incidents below. Data breaches. Data breaches. That brings the total for 2020 to more than 20 billion. Cyber attacks. Ransomware. In other news….

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List of data breaches and cyber attacks in March 2020 – 832 million records breached

IT Governance

With organisations across the globe turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, there has never been a worse time to suffer a data breach or cyber attack. South African utility provider Eskom is still feeling effects of a cyber security incident (unknown). Data breaches. School District (+24).

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Breach at Hy-Vee Supermarket Chain Tied to Sale of 5M+ Stolen Credit, Debit Cards

Krebs on Security

Multiple sources now tell KrebsOnSecurity that the card data came from compromised gas pumps, coffee shops and restaurants operated by Hy-Vee , an Iowa-based company that operates a chain of more than 245 supermarkets throughout the Midwestern United States. “This encryption technology protects card data by making it unreadable.

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FBI’s Vetted Info Sharing Network ‘InfraGard’ Hacked

Krebs on Security

Prior to its infiltration by the FBI, RaidForums sold access to more than 10 billion consumer records stolen in some of the world’s largest data breaches. Department of Justice in April.

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