There is an update to a case involving the Teton School District that was first reported in 2018. Although the FBI was able to recover some of the stolen funds for the district, this was not the first time the district had suffered this type of breach. But at least now the threat actor responsible…
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Williamsville CSD reveals 2021 cybersecurity breach
Spectrum News reports: The Williamsville Central School District says it was the victim of a cybersecurity breach in December. The district says a limited number of spam emails containing potential malicious links were sent to parents by an unauthorized user. The district says the State Education Department was immediately notified and the incident was resolved…
Cybercrime group relentlessly targets aviation and transportation sectors for years
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A little-known cybercrime group has been relentlessly targeting companies across several industry sectors, including aviation, defense, and transportation, since at least 2017, security firm Proofpoint said in a report published today. Tracked using the codename of TA2541, the group has been one of the most persistent threats in recent years, even if their attacks have…
Willful wrongdoing by healthcare workers continues to pose problems
Snooping through patient records continues to be a serious problem in the healthcare sector — and it’s not country-specific. Here are two articles that showed up in my news searches this morning. From the UK: NHS disciplines more than two staff a day for mishandling medical records, with employees caught snooping on files of friends,…
Metaverse-Like App Pauses User Registration Over Data Leak Claims
Luo Meihan reports: There are problems brewing in early metaverse applications on Chinese social platforms. Zheli, a top social app that is popular for its use of virtual characters, suspended new user registrations Sunday after being accused of violating user privacy and plagiarizing its virtual avatars’ clothing designs. However, its developers said the app was taken down to improve existing user…
Au: Sensitive business addresses among 500,000 published in COVID data breach
Jonathan Kearsley and Clair Weaver report: The addresses of more than 500,000 organisations including defence sites, a missile maintenance unit and domestic violence shelters were inadvertently made public in the first major breach of the NSW government’s massive trove of QR code data. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the information was uploaded in error and the…