The following press release is not really clear about whether this was a ransomware incident or not, and as yet, we have no numbers for this one. This post may be updated as more information becomes available. WHITEHALL, Pa., Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Bible Fellowship Church Homes, Inc., dba Fellowship Community (“Fellowship Community”), a faith-based continuing care…
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Hackers to face 25 years in jail for cyber attacks on Australia’s national infrastructure
Zach Marzouk reports: Hackers could face up to 25 years in jail if found guilty of cyber offences against Australia’s critical infrastructure, under proposed changes introduced by the government today. The government tabled the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Ransomware Action Plan) Bill 2022 in a bid to modernise criminal offences and procedures to respond to the threat of ransomware….
UK: Confidential patient data breached by ESNEFT staff
Lewis Adams reports: Cases of snooping on confidential patient data at the trust which runs Colchester Hospital are among the highest in the country, figures reveal. East Suffolk and North Essex Foundation Trust reported the country’s second highest figure when it came to staff breaching patient privacy. The Daily Mail revealed today incidents involved nosey…
Cyber-attack on ICRC: What we know
From the International Committee of the Red Cross, an update posted today begins: Update: 16 February 2022, 9 AM CET. Nearly a month has passed since we determined that servers hosting personal data belonging to more than 515,000 people worldwide were hacked in a sophisticated cyber-attack. We are now in a position to share some…
Sask. Health Authority accidentally outs employees that were part of mandatory COVID testing program
Yasmine Ghania reports: About 200 Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) employees were accidentally identified by name in an email as participants of the organization’s now-scrapped mandatory testing program. The SHA ended its vaccine and testing mandate Monday. Before that, its approximately 44,000 employees had to provide proof of vaccination or enrol in a mandatory testing program…
AZ: La Posada notifies current and former employees of malware incident
From their press release: La Posada is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of some information pertaining to current and former employees. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in La Posada’s care is one of its highest priorities and La Posada takes this incident very seriously. What Happened? On December 10, 2021,…