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UK: Bible Society fined £100,000 by ICO after security failings put 417,000 supporters’ personal data at risk

Posted on June 8, 2018 by Dissent

The British and Foreign Bible Society, based in Swindon, has been fined £100,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office, after their computer network was compromised as the result of a dharma variant ransomware attack in 2016. Between November and December 2016, the intruders used a brute force attack and exploited remote access that had been secured…

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Atlanta officials reveal worsening effects of cyber attack

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Dissent

Reuter reports that the March 22 ransomware attack on Atlanta was even worse than they had let on. More than a third of the 424 software programs used by the city have been thrown offline or partially disabled in the incident, Atlanta Information Management head Daphne Rackley said. Nearly 30 percent of the affected applications…

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Ca: Town of Wasaga Beach recovering from ransomware attack, negotiating with hackers

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Dissent

Ken Hashizume  reports: The Town of Wasaga Beach is slowly but surely recovering from a recent cyber attack. Staff discovered ransomware was installed on the Town’s computer system in April affecting the website and municipal services. The Town was working with OPP in negotiating with the hackers. They say they have since been able to…

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MN: Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology disclose ransomware incident

Posted on May 24, 2018 by Dissent

Associates in Psychiatry and Psychology in Minnesota have notified 6,546 patients and HHS of a ransomware incident that occurred in March. Some time overnight between March 30 and March 31st, the practice’s files were locked up with TripleM ransomware.  The ransomware not only locked up the data files, but according to their notification and FAQ…

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New VPNFilter malware targets at least 500K networking devices worldwide

Posted on May 23, 2018 by Dissent

Cisco’s Talos writes: For several months, Talos has been working with public- and private-sector threat intelligence partners and law enforcement in researching an advanced, likely state-sponsored or state-affiliated actor’s widespread use of a sophisticated modular malware system we call “VPNFilter.” We have not completed our research, but recent events have convinced us that the correct…

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Update: LifeBridge Health notifying 500,000 patients of security incident

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Dissent

Remember that LifeBridge Health and LifeBridge Potomac Professionals malware incident noted on this site on May 16?  Baltimore Sun reports that they are notifying 500,000. Ouch.

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