An attack on FatFace was already attracting media attention for the firm’s attempt to get people to keep their breach notification email confidential. Naturally, it got more attention that way. But on March 27, SuspectFile reported that the breach, first disclosed at the end of March, was more serious than what had been revealed previously….
Category: Malware
Bedfordshire: Cyber-attack destroys school pupils’ coursework
BBC reports: Pupils’ coursework has been destroyed in a “significant” cyber-attack on a school. Redborne Upper School and Community College in Bedfordshire said the attack took place on Wednesday. Although no data was taken, the school’s servers were left unreadable resulting in “the loss of a significant amount of data”, it added. Read more on…
Ca: Simon Fraser University sued over recent data breach
Jaymee Salisi reports: Following SFU’s data breach on February 3, 2021, BC law firm Slater Vecchio LLP filed a class action lawsuit against the university on behalf of the 200,000 individuals affected by the incident. The lawsuit argues that SFU students should have a higher safety standard for the storage of their personal information. In Slater Vecchio LLP’s lawsuit notice,…
Broward County Public Schools Cyberattack was Ransomware Attack — New Details Emerge
Earlier this month, Broward County Schools disclosed a cyberattack that sounded pretty serious. But there did not seem to be any follow-up in the media or on their web site to explain exactly what had happened and with what impact. Now threat actors have leaked what appear to be ransom negotiations with the district. A…
NY: Personal Touch Holding Corp. hit by ransomware attack at MSP, more than 750,000 affected
March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Personal Touch Holding Corp. (PTHC) announced it is addressing a data breach it discovered on January 27, 2021. PTHC is the parent company of subsidiaries that operate Medicare-certified home health agencies, licensed home care service agencies, hospice at home services and Early Intervention Programs, as well as a managed care plan…
Public Notice: State Auditor’s Office efforts regarding Accellion data security
Public Notice: State Auditor’s Office efforts regarding Accellion data security breach As reported, a security breach at Accellion, a third-party file transfer service impacted the Washington State Auditor’s Office (SAO) in late December 2020. SAO first learned about the breach in mid-January 2021. Since that time, SAO has taken steps to identify the data files…