Jan Vermeulen reports: Lancet Laboratories has suffered multiple data breaches and was fined R100,000 for failing to respond to the South African Information Regulator’s demands to address shortcomings in its systems. Information Regulator chairperson Pansy Tlakula recently revealed that Lancet paid the fine, which was issued after it failed to comply with an enforcement notice…
Category: Breach Incidents
Doctor Alliance Data Breach: 353GB of Patient Files Allegedly Compromised, Ransom Demanded
On November 7, a relatively new user on a hacking forum offered data allegedly from Doctor Alliance for sale. According to the seller, there is 353 GB of data comprising 1,240,640 files. “Contact us on signal to negociate this ransom or all your data will be sold,” the seller warned. The ransom demand was listed…
NHS providers reviewing stolen Synnovis data published by cyber criminals
Jordan Sollof reports: Pathology supplier Synnovis is contacting NHS organisations which had data stolen and published online following a major cyber attack last year. The ransomware attack on 4 June 2024, which led to a patient death, caused widespread disruption to NHS services in London including thousands of delayed appointments at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guy’s…
Fourth Circuit Weighs in on Standing in Data Breach Class Actions
Alexander Busse, Jessica Fuhrman, Elizabeth Hudson, Ian Jones, Francis Nolan IV, and Valerie Strong Sanders of Eversheds Sutherland write: One of the hotly litigated issues in data breach class action litigation is whether plaintiffs in these actions have standing under Article III of the US Constitution. For a complaint to survive, the plaintiff must allege…
Is your cyberinsurance paid up? Are you sure?
Patterson-Schwartz & Associates, Inc. (“PSA”) is a real estate firm headquartered in Delaware. In May 2025, they experienced a data breach when two employee email accounts were compromised in phishing attacks on May 14 and May 29. Although PSA responded quickly to secure the compromised accounts and initiate incident response, sending notification letters to those…
Software dev accidentally leaks Australian govt documents
Tom Williams reports: An external software developer engaged by an Australian government agency accidentally made a collection of private documents available on the public internet earlier this year, according to the nation’s Privacy Commissioner, Carly Kind. The commissioner revealed the data breach on Tuesday and confirmed the incident was reported to the Office of the…