Jared Goffinet reports on a third-party breach affecting some Ohio schools: A ransomware attack of a third-party data company may impact some current and former Lakota Local Schools students. Battelle for Kids was the recent victim of a data breach, according to the district. Battelle for Kids is a company that houses student’s state testing…
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Mailpac customers affected by Aeropost data breach
Olivia Brown reports: Courier company Mailpac Group Limited, and Florida, United States-based logistics management and package delivery company, Aeropost, have come under fire over an email informing customers of a credit card breach. One customer shared that the email stated that her credit card had been “compromised,” and she should check her credit card statement…
Illuminate Education breach that affected NYC schools spreads to other districts
Benjamin Freed reports: A school district in Coventry, Connecticut, notified families of its students this week that students’ data may have been swept up in a breach of one of its vendors earlier this year. The breach-notification letter, dated Tuesday, stated that data belonging to the roughly 1,700 students enrolled in Coventry Public Schools may have…
Kaiser Wins Trademark Injunction Against Patient Data Company
Isaiah Poritz reports: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. won a preliminary injunction in California federal court against medical records company SureFile Filing Systems for attempting to sell patient data using Kaiser’s trademarks. Kaiser is likely to succeed on the merits of its breach of contract and common law trademark counterclaims against SureFile, Judge Mark C. Scarsi…
Sunwing president apologizes to stranded passengers, says outage result of cyberattack
Joshua Freeman reports that a Canadian airline’s flights were disrupted after an attack on the firm that provides its check-in system: “Obviously, this is a terrible situation and one that we didn’t expect,” Sunning CEO Mark Williams told CP24 in an interview. “Certainly apologize to everyone for the inconvenience this has caused. By Tuesday, it…
Ca: Arnprior Regional Health determines Arnprior and District Family Health Team data caught up in IT system breach
The following is a somewhat confusing, and seemingly self-contradicting press release. DataBreaches.net has sent an email inquiry to ADFHT seeking clarification of what they mean by saying that although the investigation is ongoing, they have concluded that the personal health information in its electronic medical record was not compromised. What does “compromised” mean to them?…