Tim Sigsworth, Fiona Parker, and Janet Eastham report: The Church of England is investigating claims it breached the personal data of almost 200 abuse survivors. An official is reported to have failed to conceal the contact details of applicants to a compensation scheme in an email. Unredacted names, email addresses and personal data were therefore visible to other recipients,…
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Cyberattack on Israeli ‘kosher’ internet provider
Kosher Israeli internet provider, Internet Rimon, which provides Internet filtering services for the religious and haredi sectors, was hacked by an Iranian cyberattack group. Moshe Lampert reports: On Saturday night Iranian hackers, known as the “Promised Revenge,” hacked the Rimon Internet Provider, which provides Internet filtering services for the religious and haredi sectors. The incident…
Auchan retailer data breach impacts hundreds of thousands of customers
Bill Toulas reports: French retailer Auchan is informing that some sensitive data associated with loyalty accounts of several hundred thousand of its customers was exposed in a cyberattack. The company is sending data breach notifications to customers affected by the incident. “We are writing to inform you that Auchan has been the victim of a…
Farmers Insurance says 1 million customers affected by cyberattack on third-party vendor
Jonathan Greig reports: More than one million customers of Farmers Insurance and its subsidiaries were impacted by a cyberattack on a third-party vendor. Farmers Insurance, Farmers Insurance Exchange and several other affiliated companies filed breach notification documents in Maine, California and Massachusetts on Friday while also providing notice on the company website. The company, which is itself a subsidiary of Zurich…
Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline
Connor Jones reports: The state of Nevada is now two days into a cyberattack that has brought down many of its digital services. The Office of Governor Joseph Lombardo announced the attack via social media on Monday, saying that a “network security incident” took hold in the early hours of August 24. Official state websites…
The EU NIS2 Directive and intra-group IT services
Dr. Stefan Schuppert and Valentin Reiter of Hogan Lovells write: While the NIS2 Directive remains to be implemented in several EU Member States, including Germany, companies should use the time to assess whether they fall within the scope of the Directive and prepare for its implementation. When making this assessment, particular attention should be paid…