CNN reports: Federal court officials said Thursday that the judicial branch is taking steps to improve online security – including for sensitive case documents – after “escalated cyberattacks” aimed at its case management system. “The federal Judiciary is taking additional steps to strengthen protections for sensitive case documents in response to recent escalated cyberattacks of…
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Exclusive: Brosix and Chatox promised to keep your chats secured. They didn’t.
Chatox and Brosix are communications platforms that advertise for personal use and team use. They are owned by Stefan Chekanov. The only statement Chatox makes about its data security is “Chatox employs encryption across all communications, making it an extremely secure communication and collaboration platform.” Brosix Enterprise advertises its security: Brosix provides you with an…
Thai hospital fined 1.2 million baht for data breach via snack bags
Bright Choomanee reports: A significant private hospital in Thailand has been penalised with a fine of 1.2 million baht after patient paper records were discovered being repurposed as snack bags, as reported by the nation’s data protection authority. This incident was one of five major cases announced on August 1 by the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC), which also included penalties for data law…
Florida prison data breach exposes visitors’ contact information to inmates
Mitch Perry reports: Dozens and perhaps hundreds of individuals who applied to visit inmates at Everglades Correctional Institution (ECI) in Miami-Dade County last weekend had their personal contact information shared with every inmate at that facility, according to five different individuals who have spoken to the Phoenix over the past four days. The Florida Department…
Oops! Catasauqua employees’ Social Security numbers, other data accidentally sent to government watchdog group
Daniel Patrick Sheehan reports: Responding to a Right-to-Know Law request from a government watchdog group, Catasauqua accidentally released unredacted W-2 tax forms of 70 employees and former employees, exposing their Social Security numbers and other personal data, a borough official confirmed. Borough Manager Glenn Eckhart said the incident happened last month when the group, Open the…
Sex toy maker Lovense caught leaking users’ email addresses and exposing accounts to takeovers (1)
This post has been updated to include a statement from Lovense, which appears in its entirety below the original post. Zack Whittaker reports: A security researcher says sex toy maker Lovense has failed to fully fix two security flaws that expose the private email addresses of its users and allow the takeover of any user’s…