Pipefitters Local 537 in Boston suffers a social engineering attack at a loss of almost 6.5 million

https://www.securityweek.com/cyberattack-on-boston-union-results-in-6-4m-loss/

More AI hype: ChatGPT is “down”

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/chatgpt-is-down-worldwide-openai-working-on-issues/

Keep an eye out for fake look-alike sites

Bad actors leak PII for students and employees of California Northstate University

California Northstate University student and employee data stolen

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FBI investigating a hacking incident involving its computer network to the New York field office. The computer system was used to investigate child sexual abuse material.

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/fbi-investigates-hacking-incident-inside-its-systems-a-21231

Recent CVSS score: Some organizations may still be vulnerable to GoAnywhere Remote Code Execution exploit as there

https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint/massive-goanywhere-rce-exploit

Bug from Kia and Hyundai TikTok car theft challenge fixed

https://www.govinfosecurity.com/kia-hyundai-fix-tiktok-security-challenge-a-21226

Mirai Botnet variant exploits vulnerabilities to assimilate Linux and IoT devices. New DDoS attacks coming?

https://thehackernews.com/2023/02/new-mirai-botnet-variant-v3g4.html

The City of Oakland, California, suffers a ransomware attack and declares State of Emergency. 911/Emergency services unaffected.

https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/oakland-state-of-emergency-ransomware

Luxury brands targeted through a data leak from the Dorben Group, a partner for Valentino, Creed and Michael Kors.

https://cybernews.com/news/hackers-target-valentino-michael-kors-creed/

Most states and territories applied for $1 billion in U.S. federal cyber grants to address cybersecurity issues.

https://therecord.media/all-but-florida-south-dakota-apply-for-federal-cyber-grants-allocated-by-infrastructure-bill/