IANS reports: Global IT security firm Quick Heal‘s Enterprise Security brand Seqrite has discovered an advertisement on DarkNet forum that claims to have access to data of over 6,000 Indian businesses that include Internet Service Providers (ISPs), some of the key government organisations, banks and enterprises. Read more on FirstPost.
Month: October 2017
Private data of more than 1,100 NFL players, agents exposed
Max Greenwood reports on another find by Kromtech Security: The personal data of more than 1,100 NFL players and agents was exposed as the result of a misconfigured online database, a cybersecurity company has revealed. Bob Diachenko, the chief communications officer for Kromtech Alliance, wrote in a blog post on the company’s website Monday that researchers…
Aetna offers immediate relief program to members affected by HIV disclosure incident
As this site noted in August, health insurer Aetna had a privacy breach when almost 12,000 members’ HIV status was unintentionally disclosed in mailing envelope windows. This week, Aetna announced it was offering immediate assistance to members affected by the breach. It’s unusual to see a breached entity offer such immediate assistance, and I think…
Gaming Service Goes Down After Hacker Wipes Database and Holds It for Ransom
Catalin Cimpanu reports: R6DB, an online service that provides statistics for Rainbow Six Siege players, went down over the weekend after an attacker wiped the company’s database and asked a ransom. The attack took down the service Saturday, September 30. In a statement released on Sunday, the company said an automated bot accessed their server,…
NC tech firm to pay $264K fine for Vermont data breach
AP reports that Vermont settled with a subcontractor for its Health Connect service after a breach in which the subcontractor didn’t – and possibly would never have – notified anyone about a breach they had been alerted to: Vermont’s attorney general says a technology company will pay a $264,000 fine for a data breach that…
Graton casino ‘data breach’ potentially reveals some patrons’ Social Security numbers
Martin Espinoza reports: An undisclosed number of patrons at Graton Resort and Casino are being notified by mail of what casino officials said was an inadvertent email distribution of personal information such as names, addresses and Social Security numbers of patrons. One Santa Rosa resident who declined to be interviewed or identified received the “Notice…