Aisha Malik reports: Rogers has notified customers that their personal information may have been compromised in a data breach. “On February 26, 2020, Rogers became aware that one of our external service providers had inadvertently made information available online that provided access to a database managed by that service provider,” Rogers wrote on its support…
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Northeast Radiology notifies patients of PACS data security incident
Note: Northeast Radiology issued a press release yesterday about a data security incident that their healthcare management services provider, Alliance HealthCare Services, notified them about. DataBreaches.net noted that Alliance notified Northeast Radiology on January 11, 2020 — the day after TechCrunch reported updated research on the problem with exposed PACS leaking protected health information. Although…
Card data from breached Volusion platform shows up on dark web
Payment card data stolen from an e-commerce platform last year has already netted criminals $1.6 million in card data sales on the dark web. And according to a new report out today, that’s just from the initial card data offering. Stas Alforov and Christopher Thomas of Gemini Advisory report that a Magecart attack on Volusion…
NZ: Tuia 250 privacy breach: Tech boss signed off on government website with no testing
Craig McCulloch of RNZ reports: A top tech boss at the Ministry of Culture and Heritage (MCH) reviewed the Tuia 250 website’s security and declared it “fit for purpose” just two months before a major breach was uncovered, new correspondence shows. […] Correspondence obtained by RNZ under the Official Information Act shows the website –…
Irish IT group Ergo foils major ransomware attack
Charlie Taylor reports: Irish IT services group Ergo is forecasting further growth as it reported revenues of €85.2 million last year as the company said it recently foiled a major ransomware attack. Ergo said it immediately moved to lock down servers late last Wednesday after becoming aware of a serious security incident. It was able to recover…
NC: Data breach potentially impacts hundreds of Brunswick County Schools employees
And then there were two….. WWAY News reports: The company that administers the Flexible Spending Account plans for Brunswick County Schools had a data breach, which means hundreds of school employees may be affected. Interactive Medical Systems Corporation is the third-party company that administers the employee benefit plan. The company noticed an IMS employee’s email…