Lawrence Abrams reports: U.S. Bookstore giant Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they were victims of a cyberattack that may have exposed customers’ data. […] In an email sent to customers late Wednesday night and seen by BleepingComputer, Barnes & Noble has disclosed that they suffered a cyberattack on October 10th, 2020. As part of…
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Online proctor service ProctorTrack disables service after hack
Lawrence Abrams reports: With many schools and colleges performing remote learning, including tests, online proctoring services are increasingly being used to prevent students from cheating. ProctorTrack is one such solution by Verificient that is used by numerous universities, including Rutgers, University of Western Ontario, Ohio University, Illinois State University, Purdue University, and MIT. Starting yesterday, students began receiving…
Twitter Data-Breach Case Won’t Be Resolved Before Year’s End, Ireland’s Regulator Says
Angus Loten reports: European privacy regulators are unlikely to issue a final ruling on Twitter Inc.’s handling of a data breach disclosed in January 2019 before the end of this year, Ireland’s data commissioner said Wednesday. Under the General Data Protection Regulation, the European Union’s 2018 data privacy law, Twitter faces a fine of up to 2% of…
Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the largest provider of software to the United States public sector. At the end of September, the company disclosed a ransomware attack and its customers reported…
AU: Spotless hit by ransomware attack
Ry Crozier reports: Spotless Group, the Downer-owned facilities services provider, is the latest high-profile Australian company to fall victim to ransomware attackers. iTnews learned that the company had been attacked on Friday last week, and a Downer spokesperson confirmed the infection. “We are investigating suspicious activity involving unauthorised access to a number of Spotless servers,” a…
Law firm discloses ransomware attack
There have been numerous law firms that have been hacked in the past few years, or worse, attacked with the double whammy of having copies of their files exfiltrated before their systems were encrypted. What may surprise the public is how some of the bigger law firms refuse to pay ransom — either for a…