Dan Milmo reports: The Guardian has confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack in December and that the personal data of UK staff members has been accessed in the incident. The Guardian Media Group’s chief executive, Anna Bateson, and the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, confirmed the news in an update emailed to staff on…
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Toronto hospital network issues ‘code grey’ as digital systems go down
Liam Casey reports: A major Toronto hospital network said its digital systems went down on Monday and it was working to investigate what was causing the outage. The University Health Network issued a “code grey” — a hospital code for system failure — but released few other details about what happened. Read more at CBC….
UK: Oxford University dating website for staff and students shut down after ‘huge data breach’
Anvee Bhutani and Emma Yeomans report: A dating website for Oxford University students has been accused of breaching student and staff privacy after revealing the name of everyone with a university email address. “OxShag”, set up anonymously by a group of students, promised to help “overworked and undersexed” students find “bookworms with benefits, coursemates keeping…
Air France and KLM notify customers of account hacks
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Air France and KLM have informed Flying Blue customers that some of their personal information was exposed after their accounts were breached. Flying Blue is a loyalty program allowing clients of multiple airlines, including Air France, KLM, Transavia, Aircalin, Kenya Airways, and TAROM, to exchange loyalty points for various rewards. Read more…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
MX: BlackCat claims attack on Grupo Estrategas EMM ALPHV, aka BlackCat, claims to have attacked Grupo Estrategas EMM, but the ransomware group has not as yet uploaded any proof of claims. Nor has the insurance firm posted any notice on its website or social media indicating any incident. The insurer has not responded to an…
UK: Schools hit by cyber attack and documents leaked
Jonathan Holmes reports: Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal. One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society. The documents, seen by the BBC, include children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details,…