Spotted today: a notification by the Renton School District in Washington that they notified 20,509 Washington residents on June 17 dues to a breach that sounds like the Illuminate breach (based on the dates reported by Renton): https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13493.pdf
Category: U.S.
Ransomware attack caused ongoing Napa Valley College internet and phone system outage
Edward Booth and Howard Yune report: The Napa Valley College website and network systems were knocked offline as the result of a ransomware attack roughly two weeks ago, a spokesperson for the school has confirmed. Napavalley.edu was still dark as of Saturday afternoon, as NVC continued an investigation that began shortly after the site vanished…
MO: Fitzgibbon Hospital hit by ransomware, sensitive data leaked
Although one of this year’s trends in cybercrime seems to be a return to the theft/extort model, some groups continue to encrypt victims’ files. On Saturday, DataBreaches received information pointing to an attack on Fitzgibbon Hospital in Missouri. The group claiming responsibility call themselves “Daixin Team.” It is not a name known to DataBreaches…
Unsurprisingly, hacktivists protest the overturn of a woman’s right to her own body
The announcement appeared on the Telegram channel of a group calling themself “SiegedSec:” TIME FOR SOME 1337 H4CKTIVISM!!! (4 the record, we will still do blackhat stuff 😉 Like many, we are also pro-choice, one shouldn’t be denied access to abortion. As added pressure to the U.S government, we have leaked many internal documents and…
Expensive week for Carnival Corp: a $1.25 million settlement with states over one breach, then a $5 million settlement with New York for violating state cybersecurity regulation
It seems this was the week for following up on Carnival Corporation breaches. Earlier this week, state attorneys general announced a $1.25 million multistate settlement with the cruise line over a 2019 data breach first disclosed in 2020. But there was other news concerning the cruise line this week, too. On Friday, the New York…
New York State School District Audits Released in June
New York State Comptroller DiNapoli released more school district audits in June. As always, some of the audits do not reveal all the concerns or recommendations. Some concerns or recommendations are shared with districts confidentially for security reasons. Here are summaries of audits of school districts released in June that relate to school district IT:…