Molly Smith reports: Records of a ransomware attack on the Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office are nonexistent, leaving little details available with the exception of an investigator’s testimony during a recent trial. HCSO investigator Marco Antonio Mandujano lost data obtained from an early 2017 dump of a sexual assault victim’s cellphone because the computer on which…
Month: November 2018
Data leak affects thousands of wealthy Moscow residents
Maria Kolomychenko reports: Thousands of wealthy Moscow residents who subscribed to a regional internet provider have had personal data including names, home addresses and mobile numbers posted online. People affected by the high-profile data leak are all clients of Moscow-based internet provider Akado Telecom, a large telecommunications network owned by billionaire businessman Viktor Vekselberg, which…
Australian Shipbuilder Hacked, Refuses to Pay Ransom
I thought I posted something on this already, but apparently I didn’t, so if you hadn’t heard already, an Australian shipbuilder who also has contracts with the U.S. Navy was hacked and the hacker made extortion demands that the firm has refused. Jeremy Kirk reports: Australia’s largest defense exporter says it hasn’t responded to an…
NJ Settles Charges Against Business Associate Responsible for Virtua Medical Patient Data Breach: Vendor Owner Pays $200,000 and is Barred From Owning or Managing Any Business in NJ Again
One question that occasionally pops up is how often businesses go out of business after or due to a data breach. My answer to that is “not often,” but we do it occasionally. In some cases, the breach may just have been a final straw for an already shaky business. Yesterday, during a webinar with…
Data breach hits luxury hotels in Tasmania, with guest details at risk of theft by ‘third party’
Tamara Glumac reports: Guests of two of Tasmania’s luxury hotels have been told their personal data “may have been accessed by an unauthorised third party”, with the company — casino giant Federal Group — telling people emails sent from the resorts may be bogus. The company has written to past guests of Hobart’s Henry Jones…
Connecticut Requires 24 Months of Credit Monitoring for Certain Security Breaches
Hunton writes: Effective October 1, 2018, Connecticut law requires organizations that experience a security breach affecting Connecticut residents’ Social Security numbers (“SSNs”) to provide 24 months of credit monitoring to affected individuals. Previously, Connecticut law required entities to provide 12 months of credit monitoring for breaches affecting SSNs. The amendment was passed as part of…