Gareth Corfield reports: A Brit who tried to sue Dixons Carphone over the 2018 hack of 10 million customers’ details, including 5.9 million payment cards, has had his case booted out of the High Court. Not only was Cardix owner DSG Retail Ltd almost completely successful in its application to strike out Darren Warren’s case…
Author: Dissent
Waikato DHB wins injunction to stop Radio NZ using hacked data
Stuff reports: Waikato District Health Board has succeeded in court action to stop Radio New Zealand using data taken in a cyber-attack. In a decision released on Wednesday, the health board has won an interim injunction through the High Court restraining Radio NZ from accessing stolen data without consent and to permanently delete that data…
Implications for ATE insurance after data breach ‘privacy’ claim struck out
David Barker of Pinsent Masons writes: Many of the growing number of data protection-related claims being filed against businesses to have fallen victim to cyber attacks are being brought not just under data protection legislation but also in the alternative as claims for breach of confidence or misuse of private information. A recent ruling should…
UK: Isle of Wight schools hit by ransomware
Computing reports: Six schools on the Isle of Wight have been hit by a ransomware attack that resulted in the encryption of data and may delay the start of the new term. The attack, which encrypted data, hit the schools and their umbrella organisation the Isle of Wight of Education Federation between July 28th and…
U.S. medical entities fall prey to Pysa threat actors, but many haven’t disclosed it – at least, not yet.
—– A DataBreaches.net report by Dissent and Chum1ng0 —– Since 2018, threat actors known as “Pysa” (for “Protect Your System Amigo”) have used mespinoza ransomware to lock up victims’ files after exfiltrating a copy of them. In early 2020, alerts about these “big-game hunters” were published by both the FBI and CNIL . Since then,…
Paxton Newspaper Employees’ Data Copied, Company Reveals
Kyle Massey reports: Paxton Media Group of Paducah, Kentucky, which owns the Jonesboro Sun, the Batesville Guard, the Daily Citizen of Searcy and other Arkansas newspapers, suffered a cyber attack that potentially compromised employees’ birthdates, Social Security numbers and banking data. The newspaper chain, which has been in acquisition mode, owns a total of 120…