Kimsuky gets kim-sunk.

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🗓️ 12 August 2025

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Hackers leak backend data from the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kimsuky. A ransomware attack on a Dutch clinical diagnostics lab exposes medical data of nearly half a million women. One of the world’s largest staffing firms suffers a data breach. Saint Paul, Minnesota, confirms the Interlock ransomware gang was behind a July cyberattack. Researchers jailbreak ChatGPT-5. A cyber incident takes the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office entirely offline. A new report quantifies global financial exposure from Operational Technology (OT) cyber incidents. Finnish prosecutors charge a Russian captain for allegedly damaging five critical subsea cables in the Baltic Sea. On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Sean Deuby, Semperis’ Principal Technologist, with insights on the global state of ransomware. Hackers take smart buses for a virtual joyride. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you’ll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest On our Industry Voices segment, we are joined by Sean Deuby, Semperis’ Principal Technologist, who is sharing insights and observations on the state of ransomware around the globe. If you want to hear the full conversation, check it out here. Selected Reading Kimsuky APT Hackers Exposed in Alleged Breach Revealing Phishing Tools and Operational Data (TechNadu) Ransomware attack on dutch medical lab exposes cancer screening data of almost 500K women (Beyond Machines) Manpower discloses data breach affecting nearly 145,000 people (Bleeping Computer) Saint Paul cyberattack linked to Interlock ransomware gang (Bleeping Computer) Tenable Jailbreaks GPT-5, Gets It To Generate Dangerous Info Despite OpenAI’s New Safety Tech (Tenable) Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office hit by cybersecurity incident, shuts down digital infrastructure (Beyond Machines) New Dragos Report Estimates Over $300 Billion in Potential Global OT Cyber Risk Exposure (Business Wire) The 2025 OT Security Financial Risk Report (Dragos) Finland charges captain of suspected Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tanker for subsea cable damage (The Record) Free Wi-Fi Leaves Buses Vulnerable to Remote Hacking (SecurityWeek) Audience Survey Complete our annual audience survey before August 31. Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here’s our media kit. Contact us at [email protected] to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Cyberwire Network, powered by N2K.
0:05.7	Hackers leak back-end data from the North Korean state-sponsored hacking group Kim Suki.
0:23.0	A ransomware attack on a Dutch clinical diagnostics lab exposes medical data of nearly half a million women.
0:29.0	One of the world's largest staffing firms suffers a data breach.
0:32.5	St. Paul, Minnesota confirms the interlock ransomware gang was behind a July cyber attack.
0:37.8	Researchers jailbreak chat GPT-5.
0:40.7	A cyber incident takes the Pennsylvania Attorney General's office entirely offline.
0:45.7	A new report quantifies global financial exposure from operational technology cyber incidents.
0:51.7	Finnish prosecutors charge a Russian captain for allegedly damaging five critical
0:56.5	subsea cables in the Baltic Sea.
0:59.0	On our industry voices segment, we're joined by Sean Duby, Sempros' principal technologist,
1:04.6	with insights on the global state of ransomware.
1:06.8	And hackers take smart buses for a virtual joyride.
1:11.6	It's Tuesday, August 12th, 2025.
1:26.6	I'm Dave Bittner and this is your Cyberwire Intel Briefing.
1:43.8	Thanks for joining us. It's great to have you with us.
1:47.1	Two hackers with the Handels Sabre and Cyborg leaked 8.9 gigabytes of back-end data from North Korean
1:55.1	state-sponsored hacking group Kemsuki, citing ethical objections to the group's financial greed. The leak, shared via
2:03.3	distributed denial of secrets, exposes Kimsuki's infrastructure, fishing tools, malware source
2:09.6	code, and operational logs. It includes fishing kits targeting South Korean government sites,
2:15.6	cobalt strike loaders, reverse shells, SSH logs, private certificates,
2:21.5	and links to GitHub accounts and VPN purchases.
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