Kimberley Fowler reports: The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) reports that it has temporarily disabled certain computer systems and applications, as it investigates a cybersecurity incident that occurred on Dec. 25. […] SLGA states it does not have any evidence that the security of any customer, employee or other personal data has been misused, and asks for patience during…
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Monterey Peninsula Unified School District notifying current and former employees of data security incident
The Monterey Peninsula Unified School District has been notifying current and former employees of a data security incident that they discovered on or about November 1. They do not explain how they became aware that their network may have been subject to unauthorized access. W In their notification, a copy of which was submitted to…
Kearsarge Regional School District notified parents of data security incident
On November 4, external counsel for Kearsarge Regional School District in New Hampshire notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office about a data security breach. According to the notification, on August 27, the threat actor was able to access and possibly acquire a file containing information on 1,825 students enrolled in the district’s meal plan…
Health Ministry of Brazil Hit by Two Ransomware Attacks in One Week; Vaccination Data Stolen & Taken Offline
Scott Ikeda reports: While it is far from uncommon for an organization to announce that it has been hit by a ransomware attack, two in one week is an unusual event. Brazil’s Health Ministry is looking at extended downtime for the system that processes Covid-19 vaccination data as it attempts to recover from this exact…
Ninth Circuit overturns $1.7 million restitution order for Russian hacker
Maria Dinzeo reports: Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin is off the hook for $1.7 million in restitution a federal judge ordered him to pay four tech companies whose user databases he breached in 2012. The Ninth Circuit overturned the award Wednesday, finding insufficient support for the amount of resources the companies claim to have spent trying to repair…
Oops, did we miss these education sector breaches for k-12?
Came across these today while researching something else, so I thought I would just list them here for those who track k-12 breaches. Coffeyville School District in Kansas had a data security incident in July of 2020 that they detected in August of 2020. Their notification letter of February 2021 indicates that names and SSN…