This week, DataBreaches.net learned that a civil court in Bengaluru had issued a preliminary junction prohibiting this site from publishing anything about a data security incident involving 1to1Help.net. This site received notice of the injunction five days after the article appeared. At the same time, I learned that 1to1Help.net had filed a criminal complaint against…
Category: Breach Incidents
New Hampshire Governor Signs Insurance Data Security Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On August 2, 2019, New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu signed into law SB 194 (the “Bill”), which requires insurers licensed in the state (“licensees”) to put in place data security programs and report cybersecurity events. Although the Bill takes effect January 1, 2020, licensees have one year from the effective date…
Amarin Pharma notifies patients of data leak discovered by vpnMentor
On June 20, vpnMentor reported on a leak they discovered involving data from patients interested in Vascepa. Reading their report, it seemed that they could see that Vascepa figured prominently in the data but they do not mention whether they ever contacted Vascepa’s manufacturer, Amarin Pharma — or if not, why not. On August 5,…
A misconfigured AWS bucket exposed personal and counseling logs of almost 300,000 Indian employees
On July 17, this site reported on a leak by a vendor, Medico, Inc., that exposed 300,000 patients’ insurance billing-related records. Today, we report on another leak – this one by another vendor – that also exposed about 300,000 records. As part of their benefits offerings, companies often offer services to their employees to help…
This London Firm Helps the Wealthy Hide Assets – or Steal Them. Luckily We Have 15 Years of Their Client Communications.
Barrett Brown writes: It is my cheerful duty to announce the acquisition of around 85 gigabytes of leaked emails, phone calls, faxes, and other documents originating from the London-based tax shelter firm Formations House, best known to the public for the assortment of often colorful scandals involving such figures as former Ukranian president Viktor Yanukovych,…
TN: Data breach of vendor puts personal info of TN high school students at risk
Carley Gordon reports: The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is currently investigating a possible data breach of a 3rd party vendor, that potentially has exposed personal information of thousands of public school students across Tennessee. The Commission is a state organization focused on assisting high school seniors in every element of accessing higher education. The Tennessee Higher…