Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On February 16, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) issued a Cyber Fraud Alert (the “Alert”) to regulated entities in light of a growing campaign to steal Nonpublic Information (“NPI”), as defined under New York law, from public-facing websites that provide instant quotes for products like auto insurance (“Instant Quote…
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Ca: Saint John won’t pay ransom to hackers, city manager says
Julia Wright of CBC reports: The city of Saint John has no plans to pay hackers a ransom after its network was attacked three months ago. In his regular update to common council Monday, city manager John Collin said the city had a backup system in place and “the vast majority” of the data has…
PH: NPC finds data breach in cash-loaning app
Bernie Cahiles-Magkilat has an update on the Cashalo breach, noted previously. The National Privacy Commission (NPC) said its initial findings showed data breach on cash-loaning application Cashalo where a certain user was found selling personal information of 3.3 million users. NPC said this following its preliminary probe on the data security issue of Cashalo, which…
Transport for NSW confirms data taken in Accellion breach
Aras Barbaschow reports: Transport for New South Wales (TfNSW) has confirmed being impacted by a cyber attack on a file transfer system owned by Accellion. Read more on ZDNet.
Cybercriminal sells credentials of French hospital workers
François Manens reports (translation): 50,000 user accounts of French hospital agents are for sale on a cybercriminal forum. This data could allow buyers to access the computer networks of certain health establishments. Once introduced to the system, criminals can deploy their ransomware and cripple the hospital. New alert for French hospitals, this time launched by the monitoring site…
Fr: The city of Chalon-sur-Saône victim of a cyberattack
Le Dauphine reports (translation): After the Villefranche-sur-Saône hospital or even the Dax hospital , it is the turn of the city and the agglomeration of Chalon-sur-Saône to be victims of a cyberattack. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the computer systems were affected by “a crypto-virus”, told Frédéric Iacovella, director general of the services of the City and…