Ellen Nakashima reports: Russian government hackers engaged in a sweeping series of breaches of government and private-sector networks have been able to penetrate deeper into Microsoft’s systems than previously known, gaining access to potentially valuable source code, the tech giant said Thursday. The firm previously acknowledged that it had inadvertently downloaded a software patch used…
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As 2020 draws to a close, it still takes too long to detect and notify patients of most breaches
The press release below the separator includes the kind of timeline that we often see in breach disclosures where an employee’s email account has been hacked. It continues to take many entities too long, in this blogger’s opinion, to detect breaches of their systems, then determine that PHI was involved, and then notify. In this…
Italy’s Ho-Mobile database with 2.5m accounts allegedly stolen, sold
Sudais Asif reports: What sounds like a nightmare for a company? Waking up to the news that the data of their customers is being sold online. That’s exactly what has happened to Ho-Mobile, an Italian phone service provider owned by Vodafone Italy. Apparently, the personal data of over 2.5 million Ho-Mobile’s customers is being sold…
Ticketmaster Pays $10 Million Criminal Fine for Intrusions into Competitor’s Computer Systems
Ticketmaster Used Passwords Unlawfully Retained by a Former Employee of a Competitor to Access Computer Systems in Scheme to “Choke Off” the Victim’s Business Earlier today in federal court in Brooklyn, Ticketmaster L.L.C. (Ticketmaster or the Company) agreed to pay a $10 million fine to resolve charges that it repeatedly accessed without authorization the computer…
T-Mobile data breach exposed phone numbers, call records
Lawrence Abrams reports: T-Mobile has announced a data breach exposing customers’ proprietary network information (CPNI), including phone numbers and call records. Starting yesterday, T-Mobile began texting customers that a “security incident” exposed their account’s information. According to T-Mobile, its security team recently discovered “malicious, unauthorized access” to their systems. After bringing in a cybersecurity firm…
OR: Treasure Valley Community College notifies community members of breach after late discovery
Treasure Valley Community College (“TVCC”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the personal information of certain TVCC community members. TVCC is offering complimentary credit monitoring services to them. On August 25, 2020 , TVCC learned that unauthorized access to an employee email account had by an unknown person may have exposed personal…