Lawrence Abrams reports: UK rail network Merseyrail has confirmed a cyberattack after a ransomware gang used their email system to email employees and journalists about the attack. Merseyrail is a UK rail network that provides train service through sixty-eight stations in the Liverpool City Region in England. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Category: Non-U.S.
Il: Private patient cases of deceased psychologist found on the street
Hadar Gil-Ad reports: Hundreds of files that included personal information were thrown out from a local center for psychology and treatment of learning disabilities in Ramat Gan that was shut down after the pyschologist passed away a year and a half ago The documents of a deceased psychologist, containing private assessments and personal information on…
Fr: Savoie: Bourg-Saint-Maurice town hall is the target of a cyber-attack
A cyber-attack on the servers of the city of Bourg-Saint-Maurice took place this past weekend. Servers currently affected are those of tourism, Haute Tarentaise, and Séez. Le Dauphiné reports that the cybersecurity firm assisting with the investigation and recovery has found no theft of personal data (at least so far), but everything is encrypted. Although…
CZ: Three weeks after ransomware attack, Olomouc continues to recover while still being threatened by threat actors
On April 9, DataBreaches.net noted a report that the municipality f Olomouc had suffered a cyber attack on April 7. There were almost no details other than the municipality estimated it might take two weeks to fully restore services. Since then, a few more details have emerged. We now know that it was the Avaddon…
FJ: Cyber attack disrupts government online services
On April 14, Luke Nacei reported: A cyber attack resulted in disruptions to some of Government’s online services and networks, including GovNet, on Monday. Attorney-General and Minister for Communications Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum said as a measure of extreme precaution, advice had been disseminated across Government to protect network integrity resulting in a temporary disruption to the…
Ca: Privacy commissioner investigating COVID Secretariat data breach
Luke Carroll reports: The Information and Privacy Commissioner (IPC) is investigating a data breach by the COVID-19 Secretariat where the identities of residents self-isolating were disclosed. The email addresses — and in some cases names — were revealed in an email sent out to travellers who were self-isolating. CKLB has obtained a copy of the…