The Jacobson Memorial Hospital & Care Center had a breach last year that they are first disclosing this week. Here’s the chronology, based on a statement from their external counsel: July 28, 2020 — One employee’s email account is compromised and used to send out spam. August 5, 2020 — Hospital manages to kick bad…
Category: Breach Incidents
Wawa Reaches Proposed $12M Settlement in Data Breach Litigation
Max Mitchell reports: Attorneys representing Wawa customers who potentially had their payment card information exposed to hackers have reached a more than $12 million settlement with the regional convenience store chain, according to court papers in Philadelphia federal court. Read more on Law.com (free sub. required).
CLOP adds more firms to their leak site — but are they all Accellion clients? (UPDATED)
The threat actors known as “CLOP” have added three more firms to their leak site: Bombardier, Pentair, and CSA Group. All three firms have revenues that make them lucrative targets for “big game hunting.” But were all of these firms clients of Accellion, as were Jones Day and some other firms listed on CLOP’s leak…
Experian challenged over massive data leak in Brazil
Angelica Mari reports: After receiving feedback from Experian over a massive data leak in Brazil, São Paulo state consumer rights foundation Procon described the company’s explanations as “insufficient” and said it is likely that the incident was initiated in a corporate environment. Procon notified the credit information multinational following the emergence of a leak that…
NurseryCam discloses a breach
DataBreaches.net recently noted some research by SafetyDetective about whether baby cams were posing privacy and security risks. Today, BBC reports: A webcam system that lets parents drop in and watch their children while at nursery school has written to families to tell them of a data breach. NurseryCam said it did not believe the incident…
Omnicom Media Group reportedly falls prey to cyber attack
Janice Tan reports: Omnicom Media Group has reportedly been hit by a cyber attack, resulting in the agency turning to third-party experts to identify the IT disruption, AdAge reported. OMG said it has experienced “disruption to parts of its IT network” in recent days, which was caused by a cyber incident. According to AdAge, OMG said it…