Skye Witley and Christopher Brown report: Companies handling health data are fending off more cyberattacks each year, and those that do get hacked are facing costly litigation at rapidly rising rates, a Bloomberg Law analysis found. The monthly average of new class actions filed over health data breaches so far this year is nearly double…
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A New Supply Chain Attack Hit Close to 100 Victims—and Clues Point to China
Andy Greenberg reports: Every software supply chain attack, in which hackers corrupt a legitimate application to push out their malware to hundreds or potentially thousands of victims, represents a disturbing new outbreak of a cybersecurity scourge. But when that supply chain attack is pulled off by a mysterious group of hackers, abusing a Microsoft trusted software…
Energy One Investigates Cyberattack
DarkReading reports: Wholesale energy software software provider Energy One reported on Friday a cyberattack had affected “certain corporate systems” in Australia and the UK. In a statement, the company said analysis is underway to identify which systems have been affected. Energy One is currently trying to establish whether customer-facing systems have been affected, and what personal…
FL: Data breach under investigation involving Gadsden County court records
Jeff Burlew reports: The 2nd Judicial Circuit announced Monday that law enforcement is investigating a data breach involving Gadsden County court records. In a news release, the circuit said that initial assessments show some of the records contained “personal identifying information.” Officials said the breach only affected Gadsden County records. Read more at Tallahassee Democrat,…
El Salvadoran database raises questions of possible political intrigue
A database listed for sale on a popular hacking forum may raise some political questions for El Salvadorans. On August 16, a listing offered 114GB of files with facial photos and 5.1 million records with El Salvadorans’ “full name, dui, date of birth, address, telephone, email and hd photo of the face.” DataBreaches was contacted…
MS: Potential cyberattack throughout Singing River Health System
L.A. Clark reports: Singing River Health System officials have detected unusual activity within their network, indicating a potential cyberattack. “We are working diligently with third-party specialists to investigate the source of this disruption and to confirm its impact on our systems as soon as possible. We have also engaged with the appropriate law enforcement authorities,” says…