ToI reports: Pune: In one of the biggest card replacements in Indian banking, State Bank of India has said that it will re-issue around six lakh debit cards to customers, which have been blocked following a malware-related security breach in a non-SBI ATM network. “It’s a security breach, but not in our banks’ systems. Many other banks also have this…
Category: Malware
Rainbow Children’s Clinic notifies 33,368 patients of ransomware attack
On October 4, Rainbow Children’s Clinic in Texas notified HHS of an incident affecting 33, 368 patients. Here is their notice from their web site, describing a ransomware incident: On August 3, 2016, Rainbow Children’s Clinic was the victim of a hacker who accessed its computer system and then launched a ransom ware attack that…
Curtis F. Robinson, M.D. notifies patients after ransomware attack on EMR provider
From the press release, this appears to be the same ransomware incident that Marin Medical Practices Concepts previously reported. Both MMPC Prima Medical Foundation subsequently reported that 5,000 patients were being notified that patient records were lost during the backup recovery process. Dr. Robinson’s practice appears to have been similarly affected. On August 22, 2016, Dr….
Noble House Hotels & Resorts notifies guests of payment card breaches at Teton Mountain Lodge & Spa and Hotel Terra
More data security woes are being reported by Noble House Hotels & Resorts. The chain, who reported multiple breaches in 2015 and in September of this year, has found additional properties had their payment systems compromised. Noble House Hotels & Resorts was alerted to potential suspicious activity on the payment card system for Teton Mountain…
Almost 6,000 online shops hit by hackers
BBC reports: Almost 6,000 web shops are unknowingly harbouring malicious code that is stealing the credit card details of customers, suggests research. The code has been injected into the sites by cyberthieves, said Dutch developer Willem De Groot. He found the 5,925 compromised sites by scanning for the specific signature of the data-stealing code in website…
Alerted by law enforcement: Vera Bradley discloses payment card security breach
Vera Bradley, Inc. announced that it has taken action to investigate and address an incident affecting payment card data used at its retail stores. Payment cards used at Vera Bradley store locations between July 25, 2016 and September 23, 2016 may have been affected. Not all cards used in stores during this time frame were affected….