Tom Biggs reports: Regulators have opened an investigation into Optus for potential breaches of the Privacy Act, following an incident in which the telco accidentally sent off thousands of customers’ contact details to be published in the White Pages directory against their wishes. In October 2019 Optus contacted almost 50,000 customers to inform them of the privacy…
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University of Kentucky data breach exposes email addresses of 355K students, teachers
WDRB reports: A data breach at the University of Kentucky exposed the email addresses of more than 355,000 students and teachers nationwide. The database that was breached did not contain any financial, health or social security information, according to a news release. It was part of the Digital Driver’s License database that is used by schools…
Disgruntled ransomware affiliate leaks the Conti gang’s technical manuals
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A disgruntled member of the Conti ransomware program has leaked today the manuals and technical guides used by the Conti gang to train affiliate members on how to access, move laterally, and escalate access inside a hacked company and then exfiltrate its data before encrypting files. Leaked on an underground cybercrime forum…
ND: Sanford Health target of attempted cyber attack
Patrick Springer reports: Sanford Health sustained an attempted “cyber security incident” and is working to contain its impact, the health care provider’s top executive said Wednesday, Aug. 4. “Sanford Health has experienced an attempted cyber security incident, and we are taking aggressive measures to contain the impact,” Sanford president and CEO Bill Gassen said in…
Washington Hospital hires outside investigator after two electrical fires down internet, phones, medical records database
Joseph Geha reports: Two small electrical fires broke out over three days last week at Washington Hospital, temporarily leaving employees without access to critical internal systems, including an electronic medical records database, officials said. It’s unclear what caused the fires so the hospital has hired an outside company to investigate, according to Kel Kanady, community…
Attempted ransomware attack prompts Eskenazi Health to shut down systems and divert patients
WTHR reports: Eskenazi Health said an attempted ransomware attack caused the hospital to go on diversion Wednesday morning. A hospital spokesperson said their monitoring systems functioned as they should have and proactively shut down their network. Read more on WTHR. Their web site is not reachable at this time, and although they have updated their…