Risky Bulletin Newsletter
September 21, 2022
Risky Biz News: US Ransomware Task Force to go after ransomware top dogs
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American Airlines breach: American Airlines disclosed a security breach last week in a breach notification letter [PDF] filed with the Montana OAG. The airline said the breach occurred in July this year after a threat actor gained access to several employee email accounts. These accounts contained documents with the personal data of some of the airline's past customers, such as names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, and travel documents information.
Gag order in Albania: The Albanian government has put a gag order on local press to prevent them from reporting any stories sourced from documents that were stolen and recently leaked by Iranian hackers.
Ransomware attack on Bosnia's government: Officials from Bosnia and Herzegovina are investigating a cyberattack that has crippled the operations of the country's parliament for more than two weeks, in what experts say bears all the hallmarks of a classic ransomware attack.