Well, we all expected more breaches because of more people working remotely. Here’s a sad reminder, reported by Emily Davies: The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington reported a hack that drained $7.5 million from its endowment fund and funneled the money into international accounts. CEO Gil Preuss announced the hack to employees in a virtual call…
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47 names of clergy abuse victims part of accidental email leak
Christopher White writes: A clergy abuse victim who participated in the Philadelphia Archdiocese’s independent compensation program for survivors is alleging that the confidentiality of nearly 50 other victims was compromised when the program administrator mistakenly sent the individual an email in 2019 with the names of participants from another diocese’s program. Since October 2016, Kenneth…
SANS infosec training org suffers data breach after phishing attack
Lawrence Abrams reports: The SANS cybersecurity training organization has suffered a data breach after one of their employees fell victim to a phishing attack. […] In a notification posted to their site today, SANS states that one of their employees fell for a phishing attack that allowed a threat actor to gain access to their…
Hacking medical devices to hijack secure facilities
Fahmida Y. Rashid reports: People entering secure facilities—such as those found in military, security, and government agencies—are often asked to hand over their connected devices such as fitness trackers and smartphones. Those devices are stored in secure lockers and then returned when their owners leave the facility. All this is done in the name of…
Scholarship America notifies individuals of breach
There have been so many Blackbaud-related security notifications that my first thought was that one by Scholarship America would be more of the same. But it’s not. It’s another hack involving Microsoft Office 365 accounts, which has been a growing problem this year. From their press release yesterday: – Scholarship America, a nonprofit organization that manages…
UK Dentists May Have Had Bank Details Stolen Following Data Breach
When I saw the ransomware attack on the British Dental Association noted on a Russian-language forum, I didn’t think too much about it. After all, it was just another professional organization or guild organization, right? Maybe I should have paid more attention because the organization may have stored more personal and sensitive information that I…