James Pearson reports: Cybercriminals have stolen data on over 8,000 children attending nurseries in London operated by childcare provider Kido International, the hackers said on their dark web portal. The gang, which calls itself Radiant, evidenced its claim by publishing the names, photos, home addresses, and family contact information of 10 children it said attended…
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Harrods warns customers their personal data could have been stolen by hackers in new cyber-attack
Aidan Radnedge reports: Harrods has warned some customers that their personal data could have been taken in an IT systems breach – in the latest cyber-attack to hit a major UK firm. The luxury department store based in London’s Knightsbridge said information, such as names and contact details, of its e-commerce customers was taken after…
Cyber threat-sharing law set to shut down, along with US government
iconBrandon Vigliarolo reports: Barring a last-minute deal, the US federal government would shut down on Wednesday, October 1, and the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would lapse at the same time, threatening what many consider a critical plank of US cybersecurity policy. The CISA Act of 2015 (not to be confused with the CISA Act…
Archer Health was leaking protected health information. Criminals appear to have found it. (2)
From our “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” files, a report involving Archer Health, an in-home healthcare provider. Website Planet recently reported a misconfigured bucket that was found by researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The unencrypted and non-password-protected database reportedly contained approximately 145k files (totaling 23 GB). “In a limited sampling of the exposed files, I…
Columbia University Irving Medical Center pays $600K in data breach lawsuit settlement
In May 2024, DataBreaches logged an incident on our worksheets that involved the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. The incident had been reported to HHS as affecting 29,629 patients whose name, medical record number, date of birth, provider name, and laboratory test result had been exposed between Sept. 11, 2023, and March…
Teens arrested by Dutch police reportedly suspected of spying for Russia
How much money enticed these teens to do something that may have just wrecked their future? Did they see it as just quick and easy money and no big deal? Alexander Martin reports: Two teenagers have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of espionage, reportedly on behalf of pro-Russian hackers. The boys, both aged…