The following press release concerns breaches that occurred five years ago. NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck and the Division of Consumer Affairs today announced that two printing companies have agreed to pay $130,000 in penalties and to implement new security policies to resolve allegations they violated the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA)…
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Queensland water supplier Sunwater targeted by hackers in months-long undetected cyber security breach
Rory Callinan reports: Queensland’s largest regional water supplier, Sunwater, says it was targeted by hackers in a cyber security breach that went undetected for nine months. It has been revealed that hackers left suspicious files on a webserver to redirect visitor traffic to an online video platform last year. Sunwater admitted the cyber breach after the tabling…
Boat biz breaches itself: Brittany Ferries ‘fesses up to leaks caused by routine website update
Paul Kunert reports: It’s never good when a boat operator talks of a breach, even if in this case it’s a figurative one. Brittany Ferries has told some customers that an unforeseen technical glitch introduced after “routine” website maintenance had left their accounts wide open, potentially exposing very sensitive details to anyone who knew the…
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Here’s what happened when a major cyber attack took Triangle tech firm Bandwidth offline
Zachary Eanes reports: For the first time since a cyber attack hit Raleigh tech firm Bandwidth, the company’s CEO, David Morken, publicly addressed the fallout from the event, saying his company did not pay a ransom before beating back its hackers. In late September, Bandwidth, which makes software for internet-based voice and text communication, suffered a DDoS…
N.L. patient, employee data stolen in health-care cyberattack
Alex Kennedy reports: Hackers stole personal information connected to both patients and employees in the Eastern Health and Labrador-Grenfell Health regions of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system as part of a recent cyberattack, according to officials. The information was accessed through the province’s Meditech data repository, which includes a patient information database as well as…