On January 19, 2022, the Litchfield School District in New Hampshire notified the state’s Attorney General of a data security/privacy incident that seems to have previously escaped this site’s awareness. Let’s correct that now. From their report: On December 6, 2021, the District discovered that an individual with authority to access student records exceeded their…
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The Human Factor in Data Security Breaches
Breaches involving the pharma sector may or may not involve patient data, but as we saw early on the pandemic, hitting the pharma sector when it is working on developing vaccines, testing vaccines, or distributing vaccines can have significant national and global health implications. Julian Upton reports: The pandemic’s exacerbation of the pharmaceutical industry’s exposure…
Ukraine War Has Insurers Worried About Cyber Policies
Alice Uribe, Leslie Scism, and David Uberti report: Insurance for cyberattacks has been a booming business, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has insurers sweating about the possibility of big losses. They are rushing to plug a possible loophole that leaves them vulnerable. Sales of cyber insurance more than doubled last year to about $15 billion as companies…
Discord is plagued by hackers and users say the company doesn’t care
Robert Locklear reports: If you use the popular chatting platform Discord, in recent months, you may have been duped by a link from someone you thought was a friend. If you clicked, there’s a decent chance you are still locked out of your account. […] Edward’s hack came from a friend in a mutual server…
Dominican Republic hackers steal US$2.7M in welfare cards
DT reports: Santo Domingo.- Tens of thousands of beneficiaries of the government aid social program of the Presidency of the Republic, Supérate, have not received their respective subsidies due to the cloning of at least 30,000 ID cards worth US$2.7 million in the southern region and the province Santo Domingo during the month of February….
Fresno lost more than $600,000 to a phishing scam in 2020, but we weren’t supposed to know — yet.
Brianna Calix reports: THE LATEST: Fresno phishing scam dollar amount soars – and city wasn’t only victim, mayor says The city of Fresno lost about $400,000 in 2020 after falling victim to an electronic phishing scam, and former Mayor Lee Brand’s administration failed to disclose the loss to the Fresno City Council and taxpayers, The…