NWO reports: The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) has been hit by a cyber attack. Grant applications to the organization have been stopped because of the attack. It is unclear who is behind the attack. The NWO reports that its servers have been hacked and the network is not accessible. “At the moment everything is aimed at solving the…
Category: Hack
Hacks and zoom-bombings continue to plague educational facilities
Educational settings across countries and age groups continue to be report hacking incidents or zoom-bombing incidents. Here are just some of the data security headlines I noted over the past few weeks: In the U.S.: Hundreds of Wimberley ISD students receive racist email in an apparent hack Council Rock Student’s Email Was Hacked, District Says…
Preliminary settlement approved in 21st Century Oncology 2015 breach case
Long-time readers may remember that 21st Century Oncology had a slew of serious problems going back to 2013 including a rogue employee-related breach that they were alerted to by law enforcement, and litigation under the False Claims Act that resulted in them paying $34.7 million for billing for medically unnecessary tests. But of note, in…
Terrorist hackers target Atlassian & Oracle servers
Edward Kost writes: Volatile Cedar, a cybercriminal group affiliated with the Hezbollah Cyber Unit, has resurfaced after disappearing for almost 6 years. The criminal group was suddenly illuminated on the radar after suspicious activity on Oracle and Atlassian servers was discovered. Volatile cedar breached unpatched Atlassian and Oracle servers by exploiting the following vulnerabilities – CVE-2012-3152, CVE-2019-11581,…
After hackers blackmailed their clients, Finnish therapy firm declares bankruptcy
Graham Cluley reports: Vastaamo, the Finnish psychotherapy practice that covered up a horrific security breach which resulted in patients receiving blackmail threats, has declared itself bankrupt. Read more on Hot for Security.
Bannock County, Idaho – Notice of Data Security Event
February 11, 2021 – Bannock County, Idaho (“Bannock County”) is providing notice of a data privacy event related to certain individuals associated with Bannock County. Bannock County takes this event seriously and is providing information about the event and steps individuals may take to help protect impacted individuals’ personal information, should they feel it is…