Deborah George of Robinon + Cole writes: Two more state governors, those of Maine and North Dakota, have signed bills into law that adopt the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) data security model law (Model Law). Maine and North Dakota join several other states that have already passed similar laws. Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa,…
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In: In a game of Data Breach Hot Potato, companies deny being source of data for sale online
Earlier this week, OpIndia reported: After Facebook and Mobikwik, hackers have claimed to got access to another major tech giant in India. As per two posts by hackers on a hackers’ forum, they have gained access to Tata Communications servers. In the posts, the hackers are offering backdoor entry to anyone who is willing to…
Celsius email system breach leads to phishing attack on customers
Lawrence Abrams reports: Cryptocurrency rewards platform Celsius Network has disclosed a security breach exposing customer information that led to a phishing attack. Today, Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky stated that Celsius’ third-party marketing server was compromised, and threat actors gained access to a partial Celsius customer list. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Cyber attacks on the municipalities of Brescia, Caselle Torinese and Rho: first stolen data published
Marco A. De Felice has an update on some Italian municipalities hit by DoppelPaymer ransomware. This site has previously reported that Brescia and Rho had been hit, but now De Felice reports that DoppelPaymer operators have started dumping data from Brescia, Caselle Torinese, and Rho: The three municipalities decide not to pay the ransom requested…
Data breach of thousands of Chattanooga Library card owners revealed
Karen Aguilar reports: The Chattanooga Library said the private information of around 5,000 library cardholders had been exposed online since October 2020, an IT team they work with catching the mistake last week. “We will go to the mat to protect somebody’s privacy we absolutely will, and so for this to happen is really, really…
Most imitated brands in phishing emails in first quarter of 2021: report
I don’t know about you, but we’re seeing a ton of new fraud attempts via messages. Keep yourself and your relatives safe (especially relatives who may not be particularly scam savvy), by telling them what to expect. Audrey Conklin reports: Microsoft and delivery service DHL led a list of the 10 most-imitated brands in global phishing attempts in…