Chris Keall reports: Kings Plant Barn has contacted customers about a security breach to FlexBooker, the internet-based system it uses to organise click-and-collect bookings. Names, email addresses and collection times were exposed. But the gardening chain says no credit card, password details or mobile have been spilled. Read more at New Zealand Herald.
Category: Business Sector
Unhappy New Year for cybercriminals as VPNLab.net goes offline
Do threat actors feel like walls are closing in on them? They might well be feeling that way — or maybe they should be feeling that way. From Europol, today: This week, law enforcement authorities took action against the criminal misuse of VPN services as they targeted the users and infrastructure of VPNLab.net. The VPN…
South Australian gov issues breach notice to hacked payroll provider
Justin Hendry reports: Payroll software provider Frontier Systems has been issued with a breach of contract notice over a ransomware attack that saw the personal details of 80,000 South Australian public servants stolen. Department of Treasury and Finance chief David Reynolds revealed the the action after it emerged government data had been stolen directly from…
Hackers disrupt payroll for thousands of employers — including hospitals
Becky Sullivan reports that the Kronos ransomware incident continues to disrupt payroll for employees around the country: A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including 20,000 public transit workers in the New York City metro area, public service workers in Cleveland, employees of FedEx and Whole Foods, and medical…
Accellion reaches $8.1 mln settlement to resolve data breach litigation
Sara Merken reports: Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. The Palo Alto-based tech company faced…
Kronos hackers stole personal info of Metro-North workers, MTA says
David Meyer reports: Ransomware hackers who breached the network of MTA timeclock provider Kronos made off with the personal information of several current and former Metro-North employees, transit leadership said Thursday. “Kronos recently informed us that some files containing personal information of some current and former MTA employees at one of our agencies – Metro-North Railroad –…