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UK: ‘Thousands’ of people could have had personal details in cyber attack on Sandicliffe car dealership

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Dissent

For what… about 14 years now… I have pointed out how many non-medical entities hold sensitive medical information on consumers that may get caught up in breaches.  Today’s example is out of the U.K., where Phoebe Ram reports: The bank account details and medical histories of ‘possibly thousands’ of people were stolen during a cyber…

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Ransomware crims read our bank balance and demanded the lot, reveals Scotland’s Dundee and Angus College

Posted on November 7, 2020 by Dissent

Ransomware operators often do their research on their victim to know what assets to go after. Here’s an example where threat actors did their research, but were perhaps too greedy in their demands. Gareth Corfield reports: The criminals who took out Scotland’s Dundee and Angus College made a ransom demand that precisely added up to…

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Sodinokibi/REvil ransomware gang pwns British housing biz via suspected phishing attack

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Dissent

Gareth Corfield reports: A social housing provider in Norwich, England, has said it was hit with the Sodinokibi ransomware following what it assumes was a successful phishing attack. Flagship Group revealed last night that its systems were compromised by a “cyberattack” on Sunday, 1 November. Read more on The Register.  The attack is not (yet)…

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Israeli companies targeted with new Pay2Key ransomware

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Dissent

Catalin Cimpanu reports: Several companies and large corporations from Israel have been breached and had their systems encrypted using a new strain of ransomware named Pay2Key, in what appears to be a targeted attack against Israeli networks. The first attacks were seen in late October but have now grown in numbers while also remaining contained…

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Ie: Data Protection Commission Fine on Tusla Child and Family Agency Confirmed in Court

Posted on November 6, 2020 by Dissent

From the Irish DPC this week: The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) today had the decision to impose an administrative fine on Tusla Child and Family Agency confirmed in the Dublin Circuit Court. The application to confirm the decision to impose an administrative fine of €75,000 was made pursuant to Section 143 of the Data…

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STJ would have been a victim of ransomware; Ministry of Health suffers attack

Posted on November 5, 2020 by Dissent

It seems like every week, I am being shown evidence of huge — and I do mean HUGE — data leaks out of two countries:  India and Brazil.  I do not report on most of them.  But I am not surprised to read a news report that Brazilian government agencies have been hit with ransomware….

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