Bill Toulas reports: British classifieds site Gumtree.com suffered a data leak after a security researcher revealed that he could access sensitive personally identifiable data of advertisers simply by pressing F12 on the keyboard. When pressing the F12 key in a web browser, the application will open the developer tools console, which allows you to view…
Category: Non-U.S.
Desjardins reaches $200M class action settlement in wake of data breach
The Canadian Press reports that Mouvement Desjardins has reached a $200-million settlement with plaintiffs in a class action suit launched after a massive data breach in June 2019. The settlement has to be approved by the Superior Court of Quebec. Read more at Montreal Gazette. A press release issued by plaintiffs’ counsel states, in part:…
French police detain suspect who laundered €19 million in ransomware payments
Catalin Cimpanu reports: French authorities have arrested a suspect this week for allegedly laundering more than €19 million (~$21.4 million) in ransomware payments. Authorities have not released the suspect’s name, who was only identified as a male from the Vaucluse department in southeast France, nor the name of the ransomware group with whom he collaborated….
Ie: Ransomware cyberattack hits Coombe hospital, IT services locked down as precaution
Eoghan Moloney and Eilish O’Regan report: The Coombe Hospital has been the subject of a ransomware cyberattack overnight, the hospital has confirmed. The maternity and infants hospital said that services are continuing as normal despite the cyberattack on Wednesday night. The hospital isolated and locked down its IT services once the attack was discovered “on…
Eastern Health Provides Update Regarding Breach of Privacy and Information
December 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the ongoing investigation into the cyber-attack that impacted health-care information technology (IT) systems across the province has determined that some additional personal information and personal health information was impacted. The updated information regarding the breach related to Eastern Health patients, as well…
Za: Standard Bank on delay in telling public about data breach: ‘We complied with the law’
Londiwe Buthelezi reports: Standard Bank says it took several days to disclose the latest data breach on its LookSee platform because its immediate focus was to get to the bottom of the issue first and understand how serious it was. The banking group informed the public on 9 December that homeowners’ data was compromised by…