January 5 2021 — On behalf of President Trump, the National Security Council staff has stood up a task force construct known as the Cyber Unified Coordination Group (UCG), composed of the FBI, CISA, and ODNI with support from NSA, to coordinate the investigation and remediation of this significant cyber incident involving federal government networks….
Category: Hack
Aurora Cannabis breach exposes personal data of former, current workers
Solomon Israel reports: A data breach at Aurora Cannabis has exposed the personal information of an unknown number of the Canadian company’s current and former employees, Marijuana Business Daily has learned. An email sent to a victim of the data breach cites a Dec. 25 “cybersecurity incident during which unauthorized parties accessed data in (Microsoft cloud…
Ho Mobile offers to replace 2.5m SIM cards after hackers snag user details
Oisin Sweeney reports a follow-up to a previously noted Ho Mobile breach: On Monday (January 4th) the Vodafone owned company confirmed a massive data breach and is now taking the unprecedented step of offering to replace the SIM cards of all 2.5 million affected customers. Read more on EuroWeekly.
In: 10 crore Indians’ card data selling on Dark Web: Researcher
Helpful note: 10 crore = 100 million. Economic Times Tech reports: Independent cybersecurity researcher Rajshekhar Rajaharia claimed on Sunday that data of nearly 10 crore credit and debit card holders in the country is being sold for an undisclosed amount on the Dark Web. According to Rajaharia, the massive data dump on the Dark Web…
TransLink warns staff hackers accessed personal banking information in cyberattack
Sean Boynton & Jordan Armstrong report: TransLink staff have been told that a cyberattack early this month accessed personal banking information and other files, and is advising employees to sign up for credit monitoring. In an internal email to employees at Coast Mountain Bus Company (CMBC) obtained by Global News Wednesday, staff were told the…
Georgia optometrist notifies patients of breach
So many breach disclosures get overlooked during the last week of the year as people focus on family and other issues. In addition to the Prestera and Mattapan news releases that appeared on December 31, I also came across a media report out of Georgia involving Five Points Eye Care in Athens, Georgia. On October…