Update: My source was correct. On November 12, HHS added Luxottica’s report to their public breach tool. Luxottica reported, as a business associate, that 829,454 patients were impacted by the August breach. In September, we learned that the eyewear giant Luxottica had suffered a massive ransomware attack that resulted in its suspending operations in both…
Category: Business Sector
Hackers Asked Gaming Giant CAPCOM to Pay an $11 Million in Bitcoin Ransom
Ali Raza reports: Ransomware hackers reportedly breached the servers of gaming giant CAPCOM. The hackers have come out to request 11 million in Bitcoin from the Resident Evil creator or risk losing their data to the public. The ransomware attack affected access to certain systems such as file and email servers, as it encrypted 1TB…
UK: ‘Thousands’ of people could have had personal details in cyber attack on Sandicliffe car dealership
For what… about 14 years now… I have pointed out how many non-medical entities hold sensitive medical information on consumers that may get caught up in breaches. Today’s example is out of the U.K., where Phoebe Ram reports: The bank account details and medical histories of ‘possibly thousands’ of people were stolen during a cyber…
Israeli companies targeted with new Pay2Key ransomware
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Several companies and large corporations from Israel have been breached and had their systems encrypted using a new strain of ransomware named Pay2Key, in what appears to be a targeted attack against Israeli networks. The first attacks were seen in late October but have now grown in numbers while also remaining contained…
Deloitte’s ‘Test your Hacker IQ’ site fails itself after exposing database user name, password in config file
Thomas Claburn reports: Updated A website created for global consultancy Deloitte to quiz people on knowledge of hacking tactics has proven itself vulnerable to hacking. The site, found at the insecure non-HTTPS URL http://deloittehackeriq.com/, makes its YAML configuration file publicly accessible. And within the file, in cleartext, is the username and password for the site’s mySQL database….
Club Fitness Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
A press release discloses a breach involving Club Fitness Holdings, Inc. (“Club Fitness”): On June 18, 2020, Club Fitness discovered a data security event that prevented access to data and programs on its network. Upon learning this, Club Fitness immediately began an investigation, and took action to secure and restore access to its network. Club Fitness…