A.J. Vicens and Raphael Satter report: A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier this month intercepted messages from a broader swathe of American officials than has previously been reported, according to a Reuters review, potentially raising the stakes of a breach that has already drawn…
Category: Federal
Ransomware attack kept ENGlobal out of some systems for 6 weeks
Jonathan Greig reports: Officials at a large energy industry and federal government contractor were locked out of company financial systems for six weeks due to a recent ransomware attack. ENGlobal Corporation revealed the extended disruptions in an update to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday evening. “The cybersecurity incident limited the Company’s ability to access…
FTC Takes Action Against GoDaddy for Alleged Lax Data Security for Its Website Hosting Services
Proposed order will prohibit GoDaddy from misleading customers about its security protections and require it to establish a robust information security program January 15, 2025 The Federal Trade Commission will require web hosting company GoDaddy to implement a robust information security program to settle charges that the company failed to secure its website-hosting services against…
FCC Enforcement Bureau Settles With Liberty Latin America for Data Breach Notification Violations
Full Title: In the Matter of Liberty Latin America Limited, Liberty Mobile Puerto Rico Inc., Liberty Mobile USVI Inc. Document Type: Consent Decree Order Bureau(s): Enforcement Description FCC EB settles with Liberty for $100K civil penalty resolving an investigation into whether Liberty failed to report a data breach in a timely manner as required and failed…
Ca: New online breach reporting forms for federal institutions and businesses
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, May 24: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has launched a new online breach reporting form for federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act as well as updated its online breach reporting form for businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The new online form for…
LifeLabs to appeal court’s decision to release Ontario IPC and BC OIPC breach investigation report
The Office of the Information & Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia issued the following statement on May 23 about a case that raises issues of transparency and claims of privileged information: LifeLabs has announced that it is seeking leave to appeal a court ruling upholding the decision of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario…