Matt L. Hall reports: Hackers have again created havoc with the Internet Archive and its Wayback Machine, just one day after the site reported it had been restored. While Archive-It and the Internet Archive blog are still up, currently, the rest of IA’s services are seemingly unavailable. That means if you’re an avid user of…
Category: Exposure
Double trouble: DoctorsToYou has not one, but two data security incidents to address
On Wednesday, the RansomHub ransomware group added a listing for DoctorsToYou in New York to their leak site. Their listing included several screencaps that revealed personally identifiable information (PII) and protected health information (PHI). Some of the files specifically showed their name or letterhead. The listing did not indicate how many GB of data RansomHub…
600,000 Prison Inmates to Share in $6.49M Breach Settlement
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee A misconfigured web server and the exposure of sensitive information for nearly 600,000 prison inmates in 2022 will cost medical claims processing company CorrectCare $6.49 million to settle a consolidated proposed class action lawsuit, according to court records. The incident affected inmates who received medical care between January 2012 and July 2022…
Ie: PSNI fined £750,000 for ‘egregious’ data breach
Ireland Live reports: The Police Service of Northern Ireland has been fined £750,000 for an “egregious” data breach in which the personal information of staff and officers was released. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) fined the organisation for the “serious” breach that left many PSNI workers fearing for their safety and said “simple-to-implement” procedures could…
IL: Confidential student information released in District 203 data leak
For your “No need to hack if it’s leaking” files, C. J. Getting reports: Confidential student information was unintentionally leaked in Naperville Central’s School Improvement Plan, which was released publicly on Friday, Sept. 20. It was removed on Tuesday, Sept. 24 around 3:35 p.m. when Central Times staff brought the breach to the attention of…
Massive French citizens data leak exposes 95 million records
The Express Tribune reports: A serious data breach has exposed the personal information of millions of French citizens. Cybersecurity researchers at Cybernews discovered an open Elasticsearch server containing a trove of data from at least 17 separate data breaches. This database, nicknamed “vip-v3,” held information on an estimated 95 million French individuals, representing a significant…