2019 was a difficult year for Wichita State University in terms of cybersecurity. They started the year with a phishing incident that stole some employees’ paychecks, and it seems that they ended the year with another incident. As their external counsel wrote on March 10: In December 2019, WSU learned of a security incident involving…
Category: Phishing
Coronavirus: Cybercriminals target healthcare workers with email scam
Rowland Manthorpe reports: Cybercriminal gangs are targeting healthcare professionals with phishing emails about “coronavirus awareness” – part of a wave of scams capitalising on the pandemic. Sky News has seen a copy of an email scam sent to a number of healthcare organisations that pretends to be from each firm’s internal IT team. The email…
NC: Data breach potentially impacts hundreds of Brunswick County Schools employees
And then there were two….. WWAY News reports: The company that administers the Flexible Spending Account plans for Brunswick County Schools had a data breach, which means hundreds of school employees may be affected. Interactive Medical Systems Corporation is the third-party company that administers the employee benefit plan. The company noticed an IMS employee’s email…
NC: Data breach exposed some Lincoln County Schools workers’ private information
WSOC-TV reports: Some Lincoln County Schools workers’ private information has been exposed in a data breach. The company that handles the district’s employee benefits plan, Interactive Medical Systems Corporation, said it was attacked in a phishing scam. Read more on WSOC-TV.
UK: Ordnance Survey hacked, exposing 1,000 employees’ data
Robert Scammell reports: A hacker stole the personal data of 1,000 employees of the Ordnance Survey, the government-owned mapping agency for Britain, Verdict can reveal. The agency, which produces digital and paper maps for businesses and consumers, confirmed the breach to Verdict but was unable to go into detail about the type of personal details that were compromised. Read…
Advocate Aurora’s HR system breached in email phishing campaign
Lauren Anderson reports: The personal information of some current and former Advocate Aurora Health employees, including their Social Security numbers and bank accounts, might have been compromised in an email phishing campaign. The Milwaukee- and Downers Grove, Illinois-based health system said the early January breach gave an unauthorized individual temporary access to a human resource…