Bill Toulas reports: Maple Leaf Foods confirmed on Sunday that it experienced a cybersecurity incident causing a system outage and disruption of operations. Maple Leaf Foods is Canada’s largest prepared meats and poultry food producer, operating 21 manufacturing facilities, employing 14,000 people, and contracting over 700 barns. In 2021, the firm generated $3.3 billion in…
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Cyberattack disrupts Mexico’s transportation system
Noi Mahoney reports: Mexico’s transportation ministry has stopped issuing new permits, license plates and driver’s licenses for commercial truck operators until Dec. 31 because of a cyberattack in late October, creating possible delays for transporters. The Secretariat of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) made the announcement Tuesday in the federal government’s official periodical. SICT tweeted that on…
Lodi Unified School District reports breach involving its Aeries application
Lodi Unified School District in California has submitted a notification template to the California Attorney General’s Office. The template letter, dated, October 31, 2022, begins: Dear [first name] [last name]: Lodi Unified School District writes to notify you of a recent incident that may impact the privacy of certain information provided to us. We take…
NY: Attempted cyberattack leads to internet shutdown at Albany schools
Kathleen Moore reports: The Albany City School District’s computer systems were repeatedly attacked over the weekend, but school officials said no data was stolen. However, the technology team cut off the district’s connection to the internet on Sunday in response to the attacks. Teachers and students were advised Monday that they could not use the…
AG Healey Secures $16 Million From Multistate Settlements With Experian and T-Mobile Over Data Breaches
BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey today announced multistate settlements with Experian, totaling over $13.67 million, concerning data breaches in 2012 and 2015 that compromised the personal information of millions of consumers nationwide. A $2.5 million multistate settlement was also reached with T-Mobile in connection with the 2015 Experian breach, which impacted more than 15 million individuals…
Deloitte India fires employee after hacking sting exposes alleged hacking activities
Vinod Mahanta reports: Deloitte India said it has fired the person who was reportedly running a hacking firm on the side. The Sunday Times and the Bureau of Investigative Journalism conducted a sting operation that’s said to have exposed India-based hacking groups targeting VIPs globally. Aditya Jain, an associate director with Deloitte’s cyber unit, was…