Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: German IT services provider Bitmarck has shut down all of its customer and internal systems, including entire datacenters in some cases, following a cyberattack. The company, one of the largest service providers for German health insurers, said no customer, patient, or insured individuals’ data had been accessed in the security breach…
Category: Non-U.S.
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
CL: Saville Row attacked by BlackCat Saville Row, a Chilean clothing store, was added to BlackCat’s leak site on April 21. Sample files provided by the threat actors included internal Saville Row documents such as invoices and purchase orders. DataBreaches found no notice of any incident on the store’s website or social networks. They did…
TIC Hosting Solutions customer data leaked? What, if anything, happened there? (1)
DataBreaches has received a tip that TIC Hosting Solutions in Romania had a recent data breach affecting customer data. The tipster provided an .SQL database called “Galactic” as an example of data being leaked. The users table included usernames and email addresses, including one for “tichhosting.” This site was unable to reach TIC Hosting Solutions…
Amnesty International Australia Suffered a Data Breach in December, but Says Everything is Now Fine
Asha Barbaschow reports: On late Friday, Amnesty International Australia sent an email to supporters informing them their data may be at risk due to “anomalous activity” detected in its IT environment. While the email went out very late in the day/week, it also went out a very long time after the activity was found. The email, sighted by Gizmodo…
Waterloo Region District School Board retirees say they felt left in the dark after data compromised in cyberattack
Krista Simpson reports: This is part two of a two-part series. For a timeline of cyberattack and the wide-ranging impacts it had on Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) operations, read part one here. In the wake of a cyberattack at the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) this past summer, some of the people impacted…
Data breach could affect up to 100,000 patients at Queensway Carleton Hospital
Elizabeth Payne reports: Health and personal information, home addresses and OHIP numbers of up to 100,000 patients at Queensway Carleton Hospital have been affected by a major data breach involving an Ottawa-based third-party software provider. The hospital sent out public notices of the breach Friday and is contacting patients individually. It has also notified the…