Liisa M. Thomas, Kathryn Smith of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP write: Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced yesterday the launch of an online portal for businesses to report data breaches to the AG’s office. The portal launch comes before Pennsylvania’s new breach amendments take effect on September 26, 2024. One of the amendments will require businesses to report…
Paulina Okunytė reports: After allegedly paying nearly $400,000 for a ransom in May, AT&T is reaching for its wallet again. This time, it’s to settle a cloud breach investigation led by the FCC. In a press release on September 17th, 2024, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a $13 million settlement with AT&T to resolve…
Alexander Martin reports: People with symptoms of sensitive medical conditions, including cancer and sexually transmitted infections, are among almost a million individuals who had their personal information published online following a ransomware attack that disrupted NHS hospitals in London earlier this year, according to an analysis shared with Recorded Future News. The examination by CaseMatrix, a company…
There’s an update to another distressing “shoot-the-messenger” story where a journalist was arrested for simply reporting on a breach that the government denied (previous background). Now Railly News reports: The incident was first brought to the agenda by journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu in 2022. Haskoloğlu was subsequently arrested after reporting that citizens’ personal data had been…
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency – CISA FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 12, 2024 Contact: [email protected] WASHINGTON – Today, as part of their public service announcement (PSA) series to put potential election day cyber related disruptions during the 2024 election cycle into context for the American people, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)…
In 2023, a ransomware attack against Lehigh Valley Health Network by AlphV (BlackCat) involved the threat actors leaking nude photos of some cancer patients. In reporting on one of the first class action lawsuits launched against LVHN, DataBreaches pointed out how significant this situation and litigation might be, in part, because of the nude photos…