There’s an update to a 2019 data breach involving Aeries Software that impacted more than 150 school districts. Top Class Actions reports that Aeries has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve claims that the breach compromised personal information of San Dieguito Union High School students. The case is Gupta, et al. v. Aeries Software…
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Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Ransomware attacks continue This week, LockBit added four entities related to South America: Chile, Colombia, and Venezuela: Comision Nacional de Acreditación in Chile CNA is a public entity that seeks to evaluate and accredit the quality of the Institutions of Higher Education in Chile. DataBreaches sent an email to them yesterday to ask them if…
Uber responding to “cybersecurity incident” following reports of significant data breach
Michael Hill reports: Ride-hailing giant Uber has confirmed that it is responding to a cybersecurity incident as reports emerge that the firm has suffered a significant network data breach forcing it to shut down several internal communications and engineering systems. Attacker announces Uber breach through compromised Slack account In a statement on Twitter, Uber wrote…
Fired Uber attorney testifies against ex-security chief in trial over 2016 data breach cover-up
Maria Dinzeo reports: A onetime attorney for Uber who was fired for his role in a suspected coverup of a major 2016 data breach took the stand in the criminal criminal obstruction trial of his former boss on Wednesday, testifying that ex-security chief Joe Sullivan was responsible for changes to a nondisclosure agreement with two…
Cyber Criminals Targeting Healthcare Payment Processors, Costing Victims Millions in Losses
IC3.gov PIN 20220914-001 14 September 2022 TLP: WHITE Summary The FBI has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. In each of these reports, unknown cyber criminals used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare…
Kansas school district pulls messaging app after data breach
KWCH reports: Andover Public Schools said it has pulled the popular messaging app, Seesaw after the app was hacked. According to the Seesaw website, the app is used by 10 million teachers, students and family members, but the company declined to say how many users were affected by the hack. In a letter to parents,…