Kate Dubinski reports: The College of Nurses of Ontario (CNO) has been dealing with a “cyber security incident” that may have compromised the personal information of its almost 200,000 members, CBC News has learned. The name of the college and some of the information hackers say they have access to appears on a website associated with…
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Did ransomware threat actors hit a German medical clinic by mistake? Either way, someone died as a result.
It was our nightmare realized: a medical center was completely paralyzed by a ransomware attack and someone died as a result (SEE UPDATE2 below for correction on that). As of last week, the University Clinic in Düsseldorf reported that it was in a state of emergency. Operations had been canceled, and ambulances had to be…
Chinese Tech Giant Alibaba’s Servers Found To Be Involved In Data Theft, At-least 72 Servers Sending Data To China
Swarajya reports: Top intelligence sources have told media that Chinese data cloud servers are sending data of Indian users to China, and that the Chinese technology giant Alibaba’s equipment in India may be involved in this. Officials speaking to News18 network have reportedly disclosed that ‘all sensitive and ancillary forms of data’ are sent to remote servers…
“LockBit” Launches Ransomware Blog, Blackmails Two Companies
Gemini Advisory reports: Gemini Advisory’s analysts uncovered a September 14, 2020 post on a Russian-language dark web forum by a cybercriminal group operating under the moniker “LockBit,” in which they advertised starting their own blog under the same name. LockBit is a Russian-language ransomware team, alongside “REvil”/”Sodinokibi” and “Maze,” that advertises its services on Russian-language dark web…
UK: Over 18K COVID-19 Patients’ Data Mistakenly Exposed by NHS Trust
David Bisson reports: A National Health Service (NHS) Trust revealed that it had mistakenly uploaded the personal information of over 18,000 people who had previously tested positive for coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). On September 14, Public Health Wales announced in a web statement that the data breach had occurred back on the afternoon of August 30, 2020. Read…
Gelderland Security Region Hit in Ransomware Attack
Janene Pieters reports: Veiligheidsregio Noord- en Oost-Gelderland (VNOG) was infected by ransomware over the weekend. The attack left the internal systems damaged. Some functionality is limited or not working at all. But the notification systems like P2000 and C2000, with which the security services communicate, are unaffected. Read more on NLtimes.nl. h/t, @Chum1ng0