Zack Marzouk reports: Chinese authorities have reportedly called in Alibaba cloud executives for talks over the police database data breach that emerged at the start of July. Alibaba is carrying out an investigation of its own into how the data breach of over a billion people happened, according to The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). The breach, one of…
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A new group on the ransomware scene? BianLian claims to have hacked Mooresville Schools
Seen on Twitter: A new #ransomware group named #BianLian claims to have hacked #Mooresville Schools (@MrsvlPioneers), a public school district in Indiana, ??. The group claims to have stolen ~4,200 student records containing phone numbers, email addresses, and social security numbers… pic.twitter.com/QWECxn62L9 — BetterCyber (@_bettercyber_) July 11, 2022 BianLian seems to be using a strategy…
University of Windsor restores ‘vast majority’ of systems after security breach
Jason Viau reports: The University of Windsor confirms it has restored the “vast majority” of its systems following a cyber security breach that temporarily shut down its website last month. On June 22, the university issued a notice that its website and other services were temporarily unavailable. Read more at CBC.
Ransomware attacks on educational institutions shoot up sharply: Sophos’ report
K.V. Kurmanath reports: …In the absence of proper cyber security shields and defence mechanisms, the number of ransomware attacks in this sector has gone up significantly, said a report by Sophos, a British-based security software and hardware company. “The ‘State of Ransomware in Education 2022’ finds that about 60 per cent of the education institutions…
Balancing Act: Understanding the Legal Implications of Post-Data Breach Public Statements
David Balser, a partner at King & Spalding, writes: When a company discovers that it has been a victim of a data breach, it is essential to act quickly. In particular, an issue of critical importance is when and how a breached company discloses the data breach to customers, business partners, regulators and the general…
Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Services Pays $875,000 to Settle Hacking Breach
There’s an update to a breach previously reported on this site in 2018. From HHS: Oklahoma State University – Center for Health Sciences (OSU-CHS) has paid $875,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and agreed to implement a corrective action plan to settle potential…