Canadian managed service provider Pivot Technology Solutions was the victim of a ransomware attack in June. The good news is that the ransomware did not encrypt their systems. The bad news is that the attack resulted in some data of U.S. employees and consultants being exfiltrated. So far, I haven’t found any statement as to…
Category: Breach Incidents
Article: Optimizing Breach Notification
A new article is available for download on SSRN: Verstraete, Mark and Zarsky, Tal, Optimizing Breach Notification (July 14, 2020). University of Illinois Law Review, Vol. 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3650724 Abstract Maintaining data security is a crucial social objective in the digital age. An emerging strategy to ensure adequate security is through breach notification laws,…
VA sending letter to 1,501 Montana vets about business associate ransomware incident
The Great Falls Tribune reports: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration on Thursday announced actions taken to protect veterans’ personal information following a recent privacy breach involving files from the Montana VA Health Care System. Officials said they were notified June 4, by former contractor Benefits Recovery Specialists Inc. of “a data…
US charges two Chinese spies for a global hacking campaign that targeted COVID-19 research
Zack Whittaker reports: U.S. prosecutors have charged two Chinese nationals, said to be working for China’s state intelligence bureau, for their alleged involvement in a massive global hacking operation that targeted hundreds of companies and governments for more than a decade. The 11-count indictment, unsealed Tuesday, alleges Li Xiaoyu, 34, and Dong Jiazhi, 33, stole terabytes…
Cypriot man, accused of hacking Armor Games and Ripoff Report extradited to U.S.
Seen on KNEWS: The Republic of Cyprus has extradited two alleged cyber criminals to the United States, including a young man who is the first Cypriot national to be extradited under an extradition treaty with the US. Joshua Polloso Epifaniou, a 21-year-old from Nicosia and the first Cypriot national to be extradited to the United States,…
Alabama dental provider beats claims over 2019 ransomware attack
Sara Merken reports on a lawsuit stemming from a ransomware attack last year that potentially impacted almost 400,000 patients: A federal judge in Alabama dismissed a proposed class action against a major provider of dental services for children in the state that suffered a ransomware attack last year, concluding the plaintiffs lacked standing. U.S. District…