For a while yesterday afternoon, Vinny Troia of NightLion Security and DataViper.io appeared to lose control of tweets in his @VinnyTroia account. After a number of tweets made it clear that @Pompompur_in was able to tweet from the account at will, Troia tweeted: I am officially impressed and confused. There is no way someone hacked…
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Cyberinsurance giant AXA hit by ransomware attack after saying it would stop covering ransom payments
Graham Cluley sets the stage nicely: Ouch. One week after the French branch of cyberinsurance giant AXA said that it would no longer be writing policies to cover ransomware payments, the company’s operations in Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, and the Phillippines have reportedly been hit… by a ransomware attack. Read more on GrahamCluley.com. Consistent with their…
NY: Student names, vendor bank account info exposed in Buffalo Public Schools cyber attack
Mary B. Pasciak reports: When ransomware hit the Buffalo Public Schools in March, the district told students and families that investigators had not determined that any personal information had been exposed. Two months later, investigators have found that such information was exposed. Personal information about an unknown number of students, parents and employees has been…
Ca: Toronto plastic surgeon’s licence suspended over social media posts, surveillance of patients without consent
Caitlin Taylor and Makda Ghebreslassie report: A Toronto plastic surgeon and self-styled social media influencer has had his licence to practise medicine suspended. In a decision released on May 12, the disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) suspended the licence of Dr. Martin Jugenburg — who goes by Dr….
NC: Anson experiences cyberattack; county services including phone, email affected
Liz O’Connell reported earlier this week: WADESBORO — The Anson County government experienced a cyberattack over the first weekend of May, which turned out to be more serious than initially thought. The most recent update from the county stated that does not appear to be any employee or citizen personal data compromised from the malware…
VA: Alexandria nursing assistant charged with identity theft
Insider breaches — including insider wrongdoing — were down last year according to Verizon’s annual report and Protenus’s 2021 Breach Barometer for incidents involving health or medical data reported in the U.S. But “down” does not mean “gone.” Rogue employees are still a significant risk for entities, as James Cullum reports: An Alexandria certified nursing assistant…