Mike Rogoway reports: Ruby Receptionists, the Portland company that serves as a phone receptionist for thousands of small businesses, has suffered a major outage that knocked it offline all week. One of Ruby’s online vendors was hit by a cyberattack that left the company unable to accept any incoming calls or online messages, CEO Kate…
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Omnicell reveals ransomware incident in SEC filing
From their May 9 10-Q filing: Our IT systems and third-party cloud services are potentially vulnerable to cyber-attacks, including ransomware, or other data security incidents, by employees or others, which may expose sensitive data to unauthorized persons. On May 4, 2022, we determined that certain of our information technology systems were affected by ransomware impacting…
Cyber attack prompts security response by Oregon secretary of state
KTVZ reports: A ransomware attack on a campaign finance firm has prompted the Oregon Elections Division to require that 1,100 users of the state’s online campaign contribution reporting system change their passwords, but Sectary of State Shemia Fagan stressed late Monday that the agency’s systems have not been hacked. […] The Oregon Elections Division learned…
Another school district notifies parent of Illuminate breach
Natalie Chuck reports that another district in Colorado has sent letters to parents about the breach at Illuminate Education that impacted more than 820,000 students in New York City as well as 24 other districts and 18 charter schools in NY: Someone, somewhere knows details about thousands of students in southern Colorado after a data…
Current, former Lakota Local Schools students possibly impacted by third-party data breach
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…
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…