Daniela Hurtado reports: Several students’ records were found scattered on the road and sidewalks outside an elementary school in southwest Houston on Tuesday. Houston ISD is now working to learn how paperwork with personal information like student addresses ended up there. Documents like report cards, folders of completed field trip forms, parent phone numbers, and…
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Ascension Seton reports data breach of websites
Olivia Aldridge reports: The Austin hospital system Ascension Seton experienced a data breach of two websites earlier this year, potentially exposing the personal information of certain users. Ascension Seton issued a statement Tuesday saying its legacy websites — Seton.net and DellChildrens.net — were breached on March 1 and 2. The hospital system said it has…
The 2023 Verizon DBIR is out — get your copy now
Verizon’s top-notch annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is out. You can jump to the Executive Summary of the report, download the entire report, or view it online. Here is its seven key insights infographic, below. Of the seven key insights, the figure that stands out the most to me is 74%: 74% of all…
Jm: Mayberry clients urged to act fast after cyberattack by PLAY gang
Neville Graham reports: With no indication of the extent of a data breach and cyberattack at investment firm Mayberry, the company yesterday urged clients to take immediate steps to protect themselves “against any possible adverse consequences”. In its second notice to its clients since Friday night, Mayberry yesterday asked them to actively monitor all accounts…
Coincidence or is something up in the courts?
On June 5, 2023, in the U.S. case against Diogo Santos Coelho (“Omnipotent” of RAIDForums), Lauren Pomerantz Halper was added as an attorney for the U.S. On June 5, 2023, in the U.S. case against Conor Brian Fitzpatrick (“Pompompurin” of BreachForums), Lauren Pomerantz Halper was added as an attorney for the U.S. That the same…
Pacific Union College was attacked on March 27. When will they publicly admit personal info was compromised?
That Pacific Union College (PUC) experienced a cyberattack is not a secret. The college even posted a notice on their website on April 7 stating that they were experiencing “Additional complications relating to the ongoing cybersecurity issue, which has recently affected some of our internal networks, phone systems, and web services. The remainder of the…