[N] Gulf reports: Hackers targeted official websites in Bahrain just hours before the start of a parliamentary election on Saturday, the Interior Ministry said. The ministry did not identify the websites targeted, but the country’s state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) could not be reached online, nor could the website for Bahrain’s parliament. “Websites are being…
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AU government announces new task force to target hackers
Sky News reports: The Federal Government has announced a new task force to combat cyber criminals after the attacks on Optus and Medibank. “The smartest and toughest people in our country are going to hack the hackers,” Cyber Security Minister Clare O’Neil said. Watch at Sky News. [Sarcasm alert] I’m sure hackers never thought about…
Personal info of 800,000 voters compromised by alleged breach of EC database (UPDATED)
Update: The Home Minister says the claims reported below are untrue because the Election Commission only releases information such as the names and identity card numbers of voters. Original post: Kalbana Perimbanayagam and Dania Nabila report: Another data breach has allegedly occurred in Malaysia, this time involving the personal details of 800,000 voters. The 67gb…
Yale Medicine discloses breach of doctor’s prior patient records system
From an incident report appearing on Yale Medicine’s website: Yale Medicine has discovered a cybersecurity incident, involving the records of patients seen by Dr. Tito Vasquez at his former practice, Connecticut Plastic Surgery Group LLC, between 2009 and May 2021. This notice concerns a data security event that may have resulted in unauthorized access to…
When was the last time you checked on the paper records you put in storage somewhere?
A cardiology practice recently discovered that early patient records stored in a basement locker had been stolen at some unknown time. Given that these were paper account ledgers, is there even a backup so that the practice will have the names and then-contact information of everyone who should be notified? Their media notice does not…
Ransomware Gang Offers to Sell Files Stolen From Continental for $50 Million
Eduard Kovacs reports: A notorious ransomware group is offering to sell files allegedly stolen from German car parts giant Continental for $50 million. Continental reported in August that it had been targeted in a cyberattack that resulted in hackers accessing some of its systems. The company said at the time that the attack had been…