While the investigation into the Karakurt attack on the San Benito school district continues, there’s another aspect to the story. Fernando Del Valle reports: On Wednesday, attorney John Shergold said district Superintendent Theresa Servellon suspended Todd English, the district’s technology director, for reporting the security breach to her and district Police Chief Juan Sosa on…
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Corporate Tech Leaders Untangle Their Cybersecurity Roles
Belle Lin reports: Information technology and cybersecurity chiefs grew closer than ever in 2022, a dynamic allowing for more comprehensive threat mitigation, but raising new questions over responsibilities. Many executives now say that as their roles around cyber appear to converge, they are working to sort out the dividing lines between their shared security and IT responsibilities….
Sports betting operator BetMGM hit by data breach
Aishwarya Nair reports: Sports betting service BetMGM said on Wednesday personal information of its customers were obtained in an unauthorized manner, but did not specify the number of users affected. The issue affected customer information such as name, contact information, date of birth, hashed Social Security number, account identifiers and information related to transactions with…
SickKids reports ‘cybersecurity incident’ affecting some phone lines and web pages
The Canadian Press reports: Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says it’s responding to a “cybersecurity incident” affecting some of its phone lines, web pages and clinical systems. The hospital says all patient care continues and there is currently no evidence that personal health information has been compromised. SickKids says it called the hospital code for…
Morley Companies data breach $4.3M class action settlement
Top Class Actions reports: Morley Companies Inc. has set aside $4.3 million to settle a class action lawsuit following a ransomware attack that compromised data from its clients and customers. The settlement class, which has been directly notified of the settlement, is defined as U.S. residents whose data was compromised during the data incident the…
Aussie Fire Stations Impacted by Cyberattack
Security Newspaper reports: Fire Rescue Victoria’s (FRV) emails, phones, and emergency dispatch systems that automate firefighters’ tasks, such as opening station doors as soon as firefighters get an emergency call, were all affected by a hack, which resulted in “a broad IT outage.” The malfunction in the department’s network was found for the first time…