Friday, August 27, 2021 On February 5, 2021, Goodwin Procter LLP (“Goodwin”) notified Beaumont Health (“Beaumont”) of a security incident at Accellion, a third-party vendor whose File Transfer software was used by Goodwin for large file transfers on behalf of clients, including Beaumont. Goodwin received some personal and protected health information from Beaumont in connection…
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Hackers Steal Data from Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank
FInews reports: There was a cyber attack on the Neuchâtel Cantonal Bank (BCN) at the beginning of August, spokeswoman Marie-Laure Chapatte, told the «AWP» news agency (in German), resulting in the potential theft of around 1,500 email addresses. Neither the banking infrastructure – such as the online banking platform – nor other sensitive systems were affected by the…
Cream Finance loses $25 million in another security breach
Ibiam Wayas reports: For the second time in six months, popular decentralized lending protocol Cream Finance has suffered another attack due to a “reentrancy bug,” according to blockchain security and data analytics company, PeckShield. The protocol’s development team confirmed the incident on Twitter, noting that AMP tokens and Ether (ETH) were lost. Read more on Cryptopolitan.
Quebec could make changes to vaccination passport after flaws in system exposed
CBC News reports: When Louis heard the province’s digital transformation minister say on Tuesday that quick response (QR) codes “cannot be falsified, modified or copied,” he took it as a challenge. “There’s always a flaw,” he said. “It’s just a matter of being patient enough to find it.” […] within six hours, Louis said he…
Cook County circuit clerk’s website may not be fully functional for a ‘few weeks’
Stefano Esposito reports: If you were hoping to look up a case on the clerk of the circuit court of Cook County’s website, you may be out of luck for a few weeks. The website has been down since Aug. 13 after a breach that directed users to an NFL-related website, court staff said. “The…
CareATC notifies patients, employees, and dependents after discovering employee email accounts compromised
The following is a press release: TULSA, Okla., Aug. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — CareATC, Inc. (“CareATC”) recently discovered an incident that may have impacted the privacy of information related to certain patients, employees, and dependents of patients and employees. While CareATC is unaware of any attempted or actual misuse of information in relation to the incident, it is providing potentially affected…