While French news outlets have been reporting on ransomware attacks there, they have been relatively quiet on the type of ransomware or details of attacks, other than an occasional mention of Ryuk. Now Sergiu Gatlan reports: A new Ryuk ransomware variant with worm-like capabilities that allow it to spread to other devices on victims’ local…
Month: February 2021
Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas Notice of Security Incident
This morning’s reminder that it’s not just HIPAA covered entities or business associates that may be exposing your medical information to a breach. Volunteers of America Chesapeake & Carolinas (“VOACC”) announced today a phishing email incident that involved a small number of email accounts in its computer environment. The phishing email incident resulted in unauthorized access to…
DRM Screws People Yet Again: Book DRM Data Breach Exposes Reporters’ Emails And Passwords
Mike Masnick writes: I have a few different services that report to me if my email is found in various data breaches, and recently I was notified that multiple email addresses of mine showed up in a leak of the service NetGalley. NetGalley, if you don’t know, is a DRM service for books, that is…
‘Millions of people’s data is at risk’ — Amazon insiders sound alarm over security
Vincent Manancourt reports: Your order history. Your credit card information. Even your intimate health data. Amazon is amassing an empire of data as the online retailer ventures into ever more areas of our lives. But the company’s efforts to protect the information it collects are inadequate, according to insiders who warn the company’s security shortfalls…
FBI, Michigan State Police investigating cyber attack on Saginaw Township schools
Terry Camp reports: Law enforcement agencies are investigating a cyber attack at Saginaw Township Community Schools. School administrators noticed the issue Sunday. The FBI and Michigan State Police joined the investigation later in the week. “It could have been a whole lot worse, but it certainly has been disruptive in an already disruptive year,” says…
Former Air Force Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Taking 2,500 Pages of Classified Information
WASHINGTON – A former contractor with the U.S. Air Force pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio today to illegally taking approximately 2,500 pages of classified documents. Izaak Vincent Kemp, 35, of Fairborn, was charged on Jan. 25, 2021, by a Bill of Information. According to court documents, Kemp was employed…