Mike Rogoway reports: Portland hotel and brewpub chain McMenamins has been hit by a ransomware attack that left many of its computer systems inoperable. Intruders may have accessed some of its employee records, the company said Wednesday night, but appear to have left customer data untouched. McMenamins said it identified and blocked the attack on…
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Transamerica sued by 401(k) participant over data breach
Emile Hallez reports: A breach of 401(k) participant data earlier this year prompted a class action lawsuit this month against Transamerica Retirement Solutions. In June, the company became aware of a change within one of its websites that let employer customers view compromising data about participants in other retirement plans, according to a notice posted by the…
Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and ‘several week’ outage
Jonathan Greig reports: HR management platform Kronos has been hit with a ransomware attack, revealing that information from many of its high-profile customers may have been accessed. UKG, Kronos’ parent company, said the vital service will be out for “several weeks” and urged customers to “evaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols related to the…
Arrest in Romania of a ransomware affiliate scavenging for sensitive data
The following is a press release: Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) has supported the Romanian National Police (Poliția Română) and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in arresting a ransomware affiliate targeting high-profile organisations and companies for their sensitive data. The suspect – a 41-year-old Romanian national – was arrested today at his home in Craiova, Romania, in the early hours…
Volvo had some R&D data stolen in security breach
Kirsten Korosec reports: Volvo Cars is investigating a cybersecurity breach and theft of a limited amount of the company’s research and development data. The data breach was reported Friday by the Swedish automaker. The company said one of its file repositories had been illegally accessed by a third party. Investigations have revealed that a “limited…
News Group settle News of the World and Sun hacking claims, Statements in Open Court
On 8 and 9 December 2021 the settlement of a 15 phone hacking claims against News Group Newspapers were announced. A series of statements in open court were read before Fancourt J, culminating in a high profile and hard hitting unilateral statement in open court by Sienna Miller. This claim was against the Sun alone. Her statement in…