Becky Sullivan reports that the Kronos ransomware incident continues to disrupt payroll for employees around the country: A month-old ransomware attack is still causing administrative chaos for millions of people, including 20,000 public transit workers in the New York City metro area, public service workers in Cleveland, employees of FedEx and Whole Foods, and medical…
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Accellion reaches $8.1 mln settlement to resolve data breach litigation
Sara Merken reports: Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. The Palo Alto-based tech company faced…
Kronos hackers stole personal info of Metro-North workers, MTA says
David Meyer reports: Ransomware hackers who breached the network of MTA timeclock provider Kronos made off with the personal information of several current and former Metro-North employees, transit leadership said Thursday. “Kronos recently informed us that some files containing personal information of some current and former MTA employees at one of our agencies – Metro-North Railroad –…
Hackers Raided Panasonic Server for Months, Stealing Personal Data of Job Seekers
Graham Cluley writes: Tech giant Panasonic has confirmed that one of its servers suffered a data breach which saw the personal information of job applicants accessed by an unauthorised party. The security breach, which saw hackers illegally access a Panasonic file server located in Japan via an overseas subsidiary, began on June 22 2021, and only ended…
Major Indian fashion retailer hacked and data leaked
Another major Indian firm has fallen prey to a massive cyberattack. This time, the victim is a Fortune India 500 List company: Mumbai-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG). The conglomerate includes Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) as well as businesses in other sectors. ABFRL, formed after the merger of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle and…
Sg: OG department store customers’ personal details leaked in data breach
Rosalind Ang reports: There has been a leak of OG department store customers’ personal data such as names, mobile numbers and dates of birth, said the retailer on Thursday (Jan 6). In a statement to OG members, the department store said it was notified on Tuesday about the data breach, which affected members who are in either…