Emma Woollacott reports: Nearly half of workers responsible for email security breaches over the last year have been sacked, according to new search, as cyber leaders begin taking a tougher stance amid a surge in attacks. Research from cyber security firm Egress found that 94% of organizations globally have experienced a serious email security incident…
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Follow-on extortion campaign: confirmation of some findings by Arctic Wolf
Bill Toulas of Bleeping Computer reported on a recent Arctic Wolf Labs investigation that caught my eye. Arctic Wolf investigated two cases where victims of the Royal and Akira ransomware gangs who had paid ransoms were subsequently approached by threat actors offering to help them by hacking into the server of the ransomware gangs to…
Attorney General James Secures $300,000 from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital for Failing to Protect Patient Data
December 27 NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $300,000 from The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (NYP) for disclosing the health information of individuals who visited their website. An investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) found that the hospital used advertising tools on its website that collected and shared private and personal…
Fairfax Co. concludes investigation into student data breach
Scott Gelman reports: An investigation into how Fairfax County Public Schools accidentally shared other students’ private information with a parent during a fall meeting has concluded, Superintendent Michelle Reid said in a letter to families Thursday. The external review, conducted by the law firm Woods Rogers, found that the data breach occurred because the parent…
Patient records lost, equipment damaged at several urban primary health centers by cyclone
Every so often, a natural disaster reminds us of other ways records are lost and why entities should have offsite backups that are regularly updated. Ishvarya Lakshmi reports: Patient records, medical instruments, drugs, syringes, needles and sanitary pads in several urban primary health centres (UPHC) were swept away during the recent cyclone. Officials at the…
Did Akumin experience two cyber attacks in October and November? It has only acknowledged one. (1)
On October 25, DataBreaches reported that Akumin’s ability to provide diagnostic services at some locations remained disrupted two weeks after they detected suspicious activity on their network. What they subsequently identified as a ransomware attack occurred during a time when Akumin was also dealing with bankruptcy. While there was some resolution of financial issues, things…