SEK 12 million in penalty fees against the company Medhelp, half a million against the Stockholm Region and SEK 250,000 against each against Sörmland and Värmland. This is the outcome of the review made by the Privacy Protection Authority in the case of the millions of 1177 calls that were left unprotected on the internet….
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Some patients are first finding out about Blackbaud ransomware incident now
Little Hill Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics, Inc. d/b/a Alina Lodge in New Jersey is first notifying patients whose data was involved in the Blackbaud ransomware incident early last year. From a report filed by their external counsel, it seems that Blackbaud first notified Alina in October, 2020. Between then and April 19, 2021,…
Volkswagen says a vendor’s security lapse exposed 3.3 million drivers’ details
Zack Whittaker reports: Volkswagen says more than 3.3 million customers had their information exposed after one of its vendors left a cache of customer data unsecured on the internet. The car maker said in a letter that the vendor, used by Volkswagen, its subsidiary Audi and authorized dealers in the U.S. and Canada, left the customer data…
Tech vendor that provides constituent newsletter services to dozens of House members hit by ransomware
John Bresnahan, Anna Palmer, and Jake Sherman report that iConstituent, a vendor providing an e-newsletter system used by many members of Congress for constituent outreach, was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack has reportedly impacted approximately 60 members of the House from both parties, who have been unable to retrieve constituent information for…
Au: NSW Health confirms data breached due to Accellion breach
Asha Barbaschow reports: “Following the NSW government’s advice earlier this year around a world-wide cyber attack that included NSW government agencies, NSW Health is notifying people whose data may have been accessed in the global Accellion cyber attack,” it said in a statement. The state entity said medical records in public hospitals were not affected…
BioTel Heart Notice of Breach of Personal Information
Cardiac biotelemetry firm BioTel seems to be issuing public notices about a data leak incident first reported on this site in August, 2020. The data were only secured when Amazon was contacted by a researcher and asked to reach out to their customer to secure the data. Neither BioTel nor its vendor had responded to…