There’s an update to the data security incident impacting Albanian residents. As reported previously, information on the salaries and personal information of 637,138 residents working in the private and public sectors had leaked, and the source of the leak was unclear. Alice Taylor reports that it appears to be an insider incident: On Wednesday and…
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Washington State Data Breaches in 2021 – Analysis
The Washington State Attorney General report on data breaches reported to their office in 2021 shows a significant increase over previous years. No surprise there, right? From the Executive Summary: 2021 set a new record for the highest number of data breach notices sent to Washingtonians (6.3 million). This represents approximately an 80% increase on…
2021 Year in Review: Data Breach and Cybersecurity Litigations
Kristin Bryan, Rafael Langer-Osuna, Jesse Taylor, and Katie Sharpless of Squire Patton Boggs write: 2021 was another year of high activity in the realm of data event and cybersecurity litigations with several noteworthy developments. CPW has been tracking these cases throughout the year. Read on for key trends and what to expect going into the…
Phishing victim can’t claim $5 million loss for money it never ‘held’
File this one under how-well-do-you-really-understand-your-cyberinsurance-policy. Barbara Grzincic reports: A commercial-crime insurance policy didn’t cover RealPage for a $5 million phishing loss because the property-management service provider never “held” any of the purloined money, a federal appeals court held. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a win for AIG’s National Union Fire Insurance Company…
De: Counterfeiters want to hijack the pharmacists’ DAV portal
(Google translation:) Why falsify vaccination cards when you can issue certificates yourself? Shortly before Christmas, pharmacies are apparently the target of a phishing attack: Fraudsters send an email to the owners asking them to log into the DAV portal and confirm the new terms and conditions. The aim is apparently to formulate the login data. Pharmacist Dr. Thomas…
Evanston Township High School Defrauded Of $48,570 In Hack That Exposed 1,139 Identities
I’m backfilling a breach report from November as I just saw it now and it seems that others tracking k-12 data breaches may not have been aware of it, either. Jonah Meadows had reported that Evanston Township High School officials in Illinois were scammed out of more than $48,000 during a monthslong data breach that…