1. Attack Claimed by Hive for Ransom ware Attack on Famous Racing Association I.E. New York RacingAssociation Hello, friends welcome to the world of “the hacker newz” in today’s article we aregoingtothrowlightontheattackinwhichtheclaimismadebythe attacker for the cyber-attack which was made on the famous racing association thuspopularwiththename:NEWYORKRACINGASSOCIATION.The responsibilityoftheattackmadeontheNewYorkRacingAssociation(NYRA) was takenbytheHiveforrunning uparansomwareoperationwhose disclosure was made previously of a cyber-attack whose occurrence took place onJune30,2022,thus makingimpactedIToperationsalongwiththe availability of the website and thus making the compromisation of the member data. AboutNyratheVictimOfTheBiggest Ransomware Attack MadeByHive

2. NYRAone ofthe largestoperatorsamongthethreelargestthoroughbred horse racingtracksinNewYork,whicharehavingthename asfollows: • AqueductRacetrack • TheBelmontPark • The Saratoga Race Course. • The notifications about the breach in the security were sent later in the last monththus makingitsharedwiththe authorities inthelastsecuritythus indicating that the infiltration might have been performed by the threat actors the notification was made to be sent by the threat actor for making an impact onindividualslately inthe lastmonththus makingthe sharingwiththe authorities last week, the infiltration of the following information might have the ex-filtrationofthefollowingmemberinformation: • Social securitynumbers(SSNs) • Driver'slicenseidentificationnumbers • Healthrecords • Information related tohealth insurance. • Details Included in the Data Breach Made on Nyra in the Ransom wareAttack • The notifications made for a data breach was having the inclusion of details on how tomake an enrolment for a 24-month long identity protection service throughExperian,thecostforwhichisgoingtobecoveredbyNYRA. • Additionally,the recipientoftheletterrecipientsshouldtakeinto consideration thus making the credit freeze be placed placing or making the creditreportsthusbeingordered,andmakingthembereviewedcarefully.

3. On making a reach out to NYRA for a more detailed description of the incident, more ofthe responsehas notbeenreceivedyet. Thus on making careful observation, it seems to be the case, that none of the impacts has been faced by the NYRA horse racing community from the incident onthehorse racingbecause noneofthe changeshavebeen seen inthe calendar,andalongwiththebetting of raceis incontinuationasusual. However, the website of association website is still out of reach which is thus making themessage sent to the mind that the effects of the attack arenot beingabletobe mitigatednow. Responsibility forTheAttackIsTaken ByTheHive RansomwareGang Yesterday, the responsibility for making the ransom ware attack was taken by theHiveransomwaregang forthe attackmadeonNYRAbymaking themselveslistedasavictimontheir extortionsite. Thepublishingofthelinkhas beenmadeby the hackers forthefree downloading of a ZIP with the archives of all the files contained whose stealing was allegedly made from the system of NYRA, so it can only be assumed by us thatnegotiationsforaransompaymentare making thereachtoadeadend. Hive is thusone ofthehighesttier ransomware gangs whichiscurrently among the most active ones, thus making a recent hit on Bell Canada and the Da-mart clothing store chain while announcing several more victims who have notbeengiventhepublicadmittance ofasecurityincident. On 21st September the following comment is being shared by NYRA who is an active spokesperson:On June30, 2022,the discoveryofthesuspicious networkactivitywasmadebyNYRAthatwashavingthemarkingsofa

4. potential cyber-attack. In response,theconnectivity of all affected systems was suspended byNYRA with immediate effect alongwiththenotification being sent to the relevant law enforcement and regulatory authorities, thus making the cyber-security professionals mobilized for the intense investigation of thenatureandscopeofthe attack. Overtheensuingweeks,adetailedforensicanalysis ofthenetworkand systems is being performed over the NYRA and its team of expert systems the determinationthe extentofthebreachmade. Fortunately, thedamagemade tothenetwork of NYRA was not having any kind ofconnectiontotheday-to-dayracingoperations,alongwiththe wagering activity ofcustomers,NYRA Bets, or NYRAtelevision. As aresult, therewasnoneoftheinterruptionmadetothecore operationsofNYRA. Currently, there is none of the evidence being found thus suggesting the data that is quite sensitive to the customer or the compromise of the information was made during the process of the data breach. However, the discovery was made by the NYRA that those who were responsible for the attack were thus ableto gain accesstofiles whicharehavingthe personallyidentifiable information of a group of NYRA employees and their beneficiaries contained in it. Thenotification has been madeby theNYRA to all the individualswho may havebeen going tobeimpacted ashaving the requirement of them being applicableunderthestate laws. Thanksforreading.Hopeyoumusthave enjoyedreadingthearticle. Follow The Hacker news on our social platforms “Twitter (thehackernewz) and LinkedIn(TheHackerNewz)“forreadingmore exclusivecontentposteddaily.

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