Coco Feng reports: The telecoms authority of China’s eastern Zhejiang province has told the cloud computing unit of Alibaba Group Holding that it violated the country’s Cybersecurity Law and should make rectifications following a complaint about a 2019 information leak. In a letter dated July 5, the Zhejiang Communications Administration (ZCA) said it found Alibaba Cloud “disclosed…
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Morgan Stanley names vendor in data security case
Colin Staub reports: Morgan Stanley has identified the data center decommissioning provider it claims was responsible for a data-breach incident, which led to lawsuits and a $60 million penalty against the financial giant. The bank was named as a defendant in several class-action lawsuits last, after customer information was mismanaged during 2016 and 2019 computer…
Cyberattack hits vaccine records for thousands of Durham Region children
John Woodward reports: The personal information of more than three thousand children in daycares throughout Durham Region was stolen in a cyberattack early this year that CTV News Toronto has learned is larger than previously known. That data from some 80 daycares, which also included the detailed vaccination records of some 200 children, was recently…
Japanese manufacturer Murata apologizes for data breach
Jonathan Greig reports: An official with Japanese electronic components manufacturer Murata has released an apology for the leak of thousands of files in June that contained bank account information for employees and business partners of the company. Norio Nakajima, CEO of Murata Manufacturing, released a statement apologizing for an incident on June 28 when a…
Greenway Health investigating claims by threat actors of a cyberattack (updated)
Update of August 10: Following publication of our article with a statement from Greenway Health that the attack appeared to be on a former client and not them (but it was under investigation), DataBreaches.net checked the threat actor’s leak site today and found the entire listing is gone. This could mean a number of things,…
Ca: SD73’s insurance provider for international students suffers cybersecurity breach
CFJC reports: School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson) said it was notified that guard.me, the travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program, experienced a cybersecurity breach incident. Personal information that may be impacted by this incident includes identity information, contact information, and other information provided to support submitted claims. Read more on…