Sergiu Gatlan reports: According to the Ministry’s public statement, the hackers managed to get their hands on the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of all people who had an account on the French Ariane emergency contact database. The platform is used by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs to allow citizens traveling abroad to…
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ASI Computer Systems notifies customers after discovering support site compromise of login credentials
ASI Computers is notifying some of their customers after discovering on November 1, 2018 that usernames and passwords on a support web site had been hacked prior to December 2016. From their notification to California: ASI confirmed which credentials had been exposed by the following day, November 2, 2018. ASI determined the affected credentials related…
It is with a heavy heart that we must inform you hackers are targeting ‘nuclear, defense, energy, financial’ biz
Shaun Nichols reports: Hackers are targetting critical infrastructure providers, including nuclear power and defense agencies, in what may be a state-sponsored attack that’s hiding behind North Korean code. Discovered by McAfee and dubbed “Sharpshooter”, the operation has been running since November, largely focusing on US-based or English-speaking companies and agencies around the world with an emphasis…
ME: School department officials notify current and former staff of hack
WABI reports on a hack impacting employee, but not student, data: Last week, former and current employees of AOS 77 in Washington County were made aware of a data breach in the school department’s central office. The superintendent tells us he sent a letter to about 2,000 people making them aware some of their personal…
MN: About 500 impacted in Ramsey County Social Services data breach
Bisi Onile-Ere reports: A cyber attack on the Ramsey County Social Services may have comprised hundreds of clients’ private health information. In August, hackers gained access to the accounts of 28 employees in an attempt to divert their paychecks. “At Ramsey County this is the first time that we experienced something like this,” said John…
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco notifies 47,000 patients after third-party bill payment vendor was hacked.
Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco, a joint venture managed by United Surgical Partners International (USPI), announced today it has sent letters to approximately 47,000 patients or guarantors whose payment information, including partial credit card information, may have been subject to an inappropriate computer intrusion. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco…