AFP reports: One of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains said Saturday it had to temporarily close around 800 stores nationwide after a cyberattack blocked access to its checkouts. “One of our subcontractors was hit by a digital attack, and that’s why our checkouts aren’t working any more,” Coop Sweden, which accounts for around 20 percent of…
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Suspected voters list leak in Kerala: Crime branch registers case
Express News Service reports: The state crime branch has registered a case based on the complaint by the state election commission in connection regarding voters list leak in the assembly elections. As per the complaint, the data of 2.67 crore voters was leaked. The complaint was filed by the Joint Chief Electoral Officer. The case…
Belden issues substitute notice for November, 2020 breach
In November, 2020, networking equipment vendor Belden revealed that they had been the victim of a cyberattack. DataBreaches.net noted it at the time, but did not realize any protected health information was involved until April, 2021, when Belden notified HHS that protected health information they maintained as part of their health plan had been potentially…
Blackbaud must face data breach claims over 2020 ransomware attack
Sara Merken reports: (Reuters) – A South Carolina federal judge is allowing multidistrict data breach litigation against software company Blackbaud Inc to go forward, finding the plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged standing to keep the case on track. The Thursday decision from U.S. District Judge J. Michelle Childs in Columbia comes in litigation against Charleston-based Blackbaud, which was…
WA: Ransomware attack may have exposed information on over 16,000 workers, state says
Martin Bilbao reports: Sensitive information on over 16,000 workers may have been exposed in a ransomware attack on a Renton market research company’s data system. Pacific Market Research (PMR) “recently notified” the Washington state Department of Labor and Industries, one of its clients, about the May 22 attack, according to a Thursday L&I news release….
Kaseya supply chain attack delivers mass ransomware event to US companies
Kevin Beaumont (@Gossithedog) writes: Kaseya VSA is a commonly used solution by MSPs — Managed Service Providers — in the United States and United Kingdom, which helps them manage their client systems. Kaseya’s website claims they have over 40,000 customers. Four hours ago, an apparent auto update in the product has delivered REvil ransomware. By…