They deserve good press for this — here’s their full press release from today: Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats The Critical Infrastructure Defense Project will provide comprehensive, no-cost cyber protections for U.S. hospitals and water and power utilities SAN FRANCISCO — March…
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The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts (PROMESA) discloses 2020 data breach
Is there anyone who thinks this timeline/delay to notification is just fine? On July 17, 2020, Acacia determined that an unauthorized person gained access to certain employee email accounts for a limited time between June 6, 2020 and June 12, 2020. Their investigation was inconclusive as to whether anyone accessed the emails and attachments in…
PA lawmaker wants state to review entire process that led to company’s contact tracing data breach
Rick Earle reports: A state lawmaker has requested the auditor general review the entire process that led to the awarding of that $30 million contract with Insight Global to do contact tracking in Pennsylvania. State Rep. Jason Ortitay, a Republican from Bridgeville, told Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle that this may be the only way…
The Tel Aviv company paid millions to stop cyber criminals
Ofir Dor reports: In early 2021, a team from Sygnia was called in to deal with an intrusion into the systems of a US technology company that develops and manufactures Wi-Fi equipment, and that has a $15 billion market cap. The company received an anonymous email demanding a ransom payment of 50 Bitcoins (about $1.9…
Monongalia Health System hacked again? Second incident report in one year.
Monongalia Health System in West Virginia issued a press release this week about a data breach that impacted patients, employees, and contractors. It was the second incident reported by them in a one-year period. But was this incident unrelated to the first incident or related to it? It’s not yet clear, let’s back up to…
Breach Notification: Poor Transparency Complicates Response
Anyone trying to make sense of data breach trends faces a transparency challenge. Too often, a lack of detail undercuts consumers’ ability to assess their identity theft risk and businesses’ ability to block emerging attacks or ensure that their supply chains remain secure. Amen to that! Read Mathew J. Schwartz’s article on BankInfoSecurity.