Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) said today that it has raided and shut down the operations of the REvil ransomware gang. Raids were conducted today at 25 residents owned by 14 members suspected to be part of the REvil team across Moscow, St. Petersburg, Leningrad, and the Lipetsk regions. Authorities said…
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Accellion reaches $8.1 mln settlement to resolve data breach litigation
Sara Merken reports: Accellion Inc has reached an $8.1 million deal with a proposed nationwide class to end litigation over a breach of its legacy file transfer product, a platform that allowed companies to securely share large or sensitive files, according to settlement papers filed in California federal court. The Palo Alto-based tech company faced…
Breach of the Protection and Accountability Obligations by Nature Society (Singapore) 14 Jan 2022
A financial penalty of $14,000 was imposed on Nature Society (Singapore) for breaches of the PDPA. First, the organisation failed to put in place reasonable measures to protect personal data on its website database. Second, it did not appoint a data protection officer. Lastly, it did not have written policies and practices necessary to comply…
Ransomware gang behind attacks on 50 companies arrested in Ukraine
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Ukrainian authorities have detained five members part of a ransomware gang that carried out attacks against more than 50 companies across Europe and the Americas. The arrests, which took place earlier this week, targeted the group’s leader, a 36-year-old Kyiv resident, his wife, and three acquaintances. Officials said the group hacked into…
OH: Memorial Health System notifies 216,478 patients of malware incident last July
In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more than 500 patients to notify, but hasn’t yet figured out exactly…
FCC Chairwoman Rosenworcel Circulates New Data Breach Reporting Requirements
CHAIRWOMAN ROSENWORCEL CIRCULATES NEW DATA BREACH REPORTING REQUIREMENTS Proposal is a Response to Recent Security Breaches in the Telecommunications Industry — WASHINGTON, January 12, 2022—Today Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel shared with her colleagues a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would begin the process of strengthening the Commission’s rules for notifying customers…