Not surprisingly, extremists appear to have made some false claims about a hack and data dump involving the far-right platform known as Gab. Rather than repeat their claims — claims that include blatantly bigoted language — DataBreaches.net provides the statement by public interest group DDOSecrets.com: Distributed Denial of Secrets provided a pre-release copy of the…
Category: Breach Incidents
The Jones Day dump contains prescription drug records. Who’s notifying those patients of the breach?
By now, many are aware that Jones Day, a giant law firm, had some of its files stolen due to vulnerabilities in the standalone file transfer administration system by Accellion. Jones Day is one of dozens of Accellion clients that have found themselves investigating and dealing with breaches affecting their businesses and clients. The Jones…
Zee5 Data Breach: PII of 9 Million Zee5 Users’ Allegedly Leaked Online (updated with denial)
Manikanta Immanni reports: Zee5, an Indian OTT platform with over 150 million users had a part of its userbase’s data leaked again. Found by Rajshekhar Rajaharia, an internet security researcher, over 9 million users of Zee5 allegedly leaked online earlier this week. This is the second time Zee5 in news for a data breach, with the first…
FBI, Michigan State Police investigating cyber attack on Saginaw Township schools
Terry Camp reports: Law enforcement agencies are investigating a cyber attack at Saginaw Township Community Schools. School administrators noticed the issue Sunday. The FBI and Michigan State Police joined the investigation later in the week. “It could have been a whole lot worse, but it certainly has been disruptive in an already disruptive year,” says…
“Without Undue Delay,” Friday edition
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…
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).