Reuters reports: March 13 (Reuters) – New Zealand-based outdoor clothing and equipment retailer Kathmandu Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it was “urgently investigating” a suspected customer data breach at its online trading websites.v The company said an unidentified third party gained unauthorised access to its website platform between Jan. 8 and Feb. 12 and might…
Month: March 2019
Hawkesbury hospital worker dismissed over privacy breach
CBC News reports: One employee at Hawkesbury General Hospital has been let go after personal information was improperly accessed, Radio-Canada has learned. Patients who had their information viewed were recently informed in a letter. Chantal Groleau, one of the people who received a letter, was told her personal information was viewed between March 2016 and October…
N.S. government confident 600 missing files from data breach destroyed
Jean Laroche reports: More than 600 files downloaded as part of the largest information breach ever in Nova Scotia appear to have been destroyed without having been shared. That’s the conclusion reached by a senior government official after receiving word about an internal investigation by the Atlantic School of Theology, the location where the information was downloaded…
US Healthcare institutions are vulnerable to phishing attacks: Survey
CISOMag reports on a recent survey and report, Assessment of Employee Susceptibility to Phishing Attacks at US Health Care Institutions, authored by Dr. William Gordon and colleagues. Not surprisingly, the survey found that the healthcare sector was susceptible to phishing attacks. How susceptible, you wonder? William specified that when the researchers sent simulated phishing emails,…
NC: Pasquotank-Camden EMS notifies 40,000 after hacking incident
On February 25, Pasquotank-Camden Emergency Medical Service in North Carolina reported a breach to HHS that affected 20,420 patients. A notification sent to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office explained that sometime in late December, 2018, the county became aware of an unauthorized intrusion from outside of the U.S. Investigation revealed that the intruder was able…
Lawmakers introduce bipartisan bill for ‘internet of things’ security standards
Jacqueline Thomsen reports: A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday unveiled legislation that would create cybersecurity standards for internet-connected devices, often known as the “internet of things.” The bill, introduced in the Senate by Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) and in the House by Reps. Will Hurd (R-Texas) and Robin Kelly (D-Ill.),…