On March 30, they wrote: Exercising an abundance of caution, computer systems at King’s Daughters’ Health were intentionally shut down on Wednesday morning after a single-user’s files were infected with a ransomware virus known as Locky. At this time, all patient data remains secure and has not been affected or compromised, according to Linda Darnell,…
Month: April 2016
University of Liverpool database of 6,500 staff posted on dark Web forum
John E. Dunn reports: Israeli researchers have discovered the contact details for everyone working and teaching at the University of Liverpool circulating on a dark Web forum where it is being promoted to launch targeted phishing attacks. Read more on ComputerworldUK. For many universities, such contact details are considered public domain and/or are freely available on…
Don’t let embarrassment about a data breach cost you even more
There’s an interesting commentary by Evan Schuman on Computerworld today. Nobody likes to be embarrassed. That goes for company executives. This fact of human nature helps explain why the breach-disclosure laws that have been adopted by many states can be leveraged by data thieves for even more profit than they could realize before. Evan notes…
FBI Says a Mysterious Hacking Group Has Had Access to US Govt Files for Years
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: The feds warned that “a group of malicious cyber actors,” whom security experts believe to be the government-sponsored hacking group known as APT6, “have compromised and stolen sensitive information from various government and commercial networks” since at least 2011, according to an FBI alert obtained by Motherboard. The alert, which is also available…
Trump Hotels Investigating a Second Possible Breach: Krebs
Brian Krebs reports: Banking industry sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that the Trump Hotel Collection — a string of luxury properties tied to business magnate and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump — appears to be dealing with another breach of its credit card systems. If confirmed, this would be the second such breach at the Trump properties in less…
Ca: Possible client data breach at Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police
Brenda Neufeld reports: Alberta’s Justice Ministry and Edmonton Police are investigating a potential privacy breach of client data from the department that collects and enforces court-ordered child and spousal support. Minister of Justice and Solicitor General Kathleen Ganley says she’s extremely disappointed to hear about the possible breach in the Maintenance Enforcement Program. An MEP…