Andy Greenberg reports: Early one fall morning in 2017, in a middle-class suburb on the outskirts of Atlanta, Chris Janczewski stood alone inside the doorway of a home he had not been invited to enter. Moments earlier, armed Homeland Security Investigations agents in ballistic vests had taken up positions around the tidy two-story brick house, banged…
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WI: Black River Falls School District closed Friday after cyberattack
WKBT reports: The Black River Falls School District canceled all classes Friday because of an incident involving unauthorized access to the district’s IT network. Superintendent Shelly Severson sent an email to parents Thursday night saying that student record system is unavailable, and the district has no access to attendance, medication records, family contact information, or…
Finland hit by cyberattack, airspace breach
Lexi Lonas reports: Finland was hit with cyberattacks and an airspace breach on Friday while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was speaking to the Finnish Parliament. The country’s Ministry of Defense tweeted earlier Friday its website was under attack and it would shutter until further notice. A few hours later, after resolving the issue, the department clarified that…
Former Maryland inmate sentenced to 5 years for credit card fraud involving Bitcoin, dark web
If you’re already in jail or prison, is the threat of more jail or prison even a deterrent? It didn’t seem to be in this case. ABC News reports: Abraham Oliver, 26, a former inmate in the Montgomery County Department of Corrections, was sentenced to 61 months in federal prison, followed by three years of…
Greencore case highlights risk of employee data breach claims
The following was reported on March 17 by Claudia Glover: A data breach at UK food manufacturer Greencore could end up proving costly for the company, with a group of current and former employees seeking legal advice on whether to sue the business if their personal information was compromised. Employee data breach claims are becoming…
Weekend potpourri of breaches and leaks
It’s the weekend, but breaches don’t take a break. Some breach or leak disclosures that I spotted in reading the news today: Ballad Health in Tennessee has disclosed a breach. As reported by WCYB, who also includes the full notice from Ballad, on or about January 13, Ballad detected unusual activity in an employee’s email…