Brett Callow of Emsisoft notes that LockBit has added Skokie-Morton Grove School District 69 in Illinois to their leak site. No proof of claim was posted and no description of any data allegedly stolen was provided. Elsewhere, The Messenger reports that Decatur ISD in Texas suspects a cybersecurity attack is responsible for the internet and…
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Coca-Cola FEMSA victim of ransomware attack and data leak
Coca-Cola FEMSA is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its related soft drink products in much of Latin America, which makes it an important part of the Coca-Cola system. This week, a threat actor known to DataBreaches as “TheSnake” and as the person who had also hacked a Brazilian clinic, leaked some data from Coca-Cola FEMSA…
Schneck Medical Center settles Indiana Attorney General’s lawsuit over 2021 data breach
Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital (Schneck Medical Center) was a victim of a cyberattack in 2021. Its 2021 and 2022 disclosures about the breach and its lack of timely breach notification resulted in a potential class action lawsuit filed in 2022. Its lack of appropriate and timely disclosures and information patients needed to protect themselves…
Rite Aid, one of many victims in MOVEit breach, sued for negligence
Rite Aid was one of numerous entities affected by the massive MOVEit breach. In July, they disclosed that 24,400 patients’ pharmacy information including medication names and dates of fill, prescriber information and limited insurance information was involved. They were notified by their vendor of the breach on May 31. Now it is reportedly being sued,…
Au: Dymocks warns shoppers after data breach; data already leaked
Kathryn Magann reports: Bookstore chain Dymocks has warned customers of a possible data breach that could lead to their personal information being leaked on the dark web. In an email sent to members on Friday, the bookseller’s managing director, Mark Newman, said a potential hack was detected two days earlier. Read more at Bega District…
Dallas delays release of report that reviews ransomware response
Everton Bailey Jr. reports that if you were hoping to get the promised release of the report on Dallas’s response to the ransomware attack by Royal, you’ll have to wait at least two more weeks. The last council meeting ran late and the council never got to review the report, which needs to happen before…