January 26, 2022 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) The CRTC’s Chief Compliance and Enforcement Officer today announced penalties totalling $300,000 to four Canadians for their involvement in the Dark Web marketplace Canadian HeadQuarters (also known as CanadianHQ). The marketplace was taken offline following the execution of warrants by CRTC staff. Before…
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It started with Roblox… would it end with swatting?
Dave Herndon reports: Police were called to Salina Intermediate School after the assistant principal called about a student whose computer was hacked Jan. 6. Police came to the school and talked with the student and his father, who were both worried that another game was going to have them Swatted after the student’s computer was…
PA: Pennsbury’s Computer System Breached, Incident Under Investigation
Tom Sofield reports: The Pennsbury School District reported a cyber attack had breached their network. In a letter to the public Sunday, Superintendent Dr. Thomas Smith wrote the cyber attack breached district data. There was no evidence an financial or personal data for staff or students was compromised. Read more at LevittownNow.
Canada’s foreign affairs ministry hacked, some services down
Ax Sharma reports: The Canadian government department for foreign and consular relations, Global Affairs Canada was hit by a cyberattack last week. While critical services remain accessible, access to some online services is currently not available, as government systems continue to recover from the attack. Read more at BleepingComputer. Last night, the Treasury Board of Canada tweeted…
Attorney General James Announces $600,000 Agreement with EyeMed After 2020 Data Breach
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $600,000 agreement with EyeMed that resolves a 2020 data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 2.1 million consumers nationwide, including 98,632 in New York state. EyeMed — which provides vision benefits to members of vision plans offered by both licensed underwriters and employers — experienced a…
WA: Patient info possibly disclosed in Spokane Health District data breach
Erin Robinson reports: The personal health information of more than 1,000 people may have been disclosed when staff at Spokane Regional Health District opened a phishing email. The data breach happened on December 21, 2021. SRHD Information Technology staff were immediately alerted and discovered files containing client-protected health information may have been “previewed” by the…