New Known Breaches in the Past Week - May 14, 2021

University of California Confirms Personal Information Stolen in Cyberattack

The University of California (UC) this week confirmed that personal information was stolen in a cyberattack involving the Accellion File Transfer Appliance (FTA) service. By Ionut Arghire I May 11, 2021

City of Tulsa hit by ransomware over the weekend

The city of Tulsa, Oklahoma, one of the 50 largest cities in the US, has been hit by a ransomware attack over the weekend that affected the city government’s network and brought down official websites. By Catalin Cimpanu I May 9, 2021

City of Chicago Hit by Data Breach at Law Firm Jones Day

The city of Chicago on Friday said that employee emails were compromised in a Jones Day data breach involving Accellion’s FTA file sharing service. By Ionut Arghire I May 10, 2021

US fuel pipeline hackers 'didn't mean to create problems'

A cyber-criminal gang that took a major US fuel pipeline offline over the weekend has acknowledged the incident in a public statement. By Mary-Ann Ruson I May 11, 2021