Sam Sherwood reports: About 50 people affected by a software error that allowed patients’ private information to be seen in the Covid-19 vaccination appointment booking system have been contacted by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). The error meant the details of 714 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. The details included…
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Man charged for hacking Kansas water utility with intent to harm public
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public. According to court documents, the incident took place on March 27, 2019, and…
DE: City administration Angermünde temporarily unavailable
The following is a translation of a notice on Angermünde’s web site: The city administration of Angermünde is initially closed for all administrative services until April 7th, 2021. This affects all administrative areas including the citizens’ office and registry office. The reason is a hacker attack that damaged the entire IT system of the administration. All administrative staff…
Cyber attack – EVK Lippstadt stops patient admission
The situation described in this news report is exactly what all countries must cooperate to prevent — a hospital has been unable to care for patients due to a cyberattack. Patients are being diverted. Hellweg Radio reports (translation): The Evangelical hospital in Lippstadt does not accept any more patients until further notice. This is due to…
The Pierre Fabre company shut down following a cyberattack
Pierre Fabre is a French multinational pharmaceutical and skin cosmetics firm. In March, 2020, in response to the pandemic they began to focus their efforts on producing hydroalcoholic gels and skin creams for hospitals to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Now Sandrine Morin reports (translation): The entire production of the Pierre Fabre group has…
Hackers threaten shipping firm ECU Worldwide with data leak
Nate Tabak reports: A ransomware gang is threatening to release a massive trove of data stolen from shipping firm ECU Worldwide more than a month after a cyberattack caused serious disruptions to its online platforms. The Mount Locker ransomware gang claimed in a post to its leak site on Sunday that it had taken 2…