Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A data breach may have occurred at the organisation that provides health IT services to more than a third of the country, amid growing indications of a serious cyber-security incident. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner said it was notified by Counties Manukau DHB of a possible data breach…
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Over 80 US Municipalities’ Sensitive Information, Including Resident’s Personal Data, Left Vulnerable in Massive Data Breach
I’ve been cutting down on the number of leaks I report that just seem like attempts to get publicity for firms. But this one affects government, so I am linking to it. WizCase’s team of ethical hackers, led by Ata Hakçıl, has found a major breach exposing a number of US cities, all of them using…
Il: Ransomware attack on Israeli IT company impacts more than 100 customers, including hospitals
Note: this report is a summary based entirely on machine translation of articles on ynet by Tal Shahaf and Calcalist by Raphael Kahan. Shahaf reports that Pionet , which is owned by Malam Tim, suffered a ransomware attack that has paralyzed many of the company’s systems and the sites of more than a hundred of…
Nl: Leak at Covid testing company made it possible to fake results in CoronaCheck app
NL Times reports: Due to a major leak at the coronavirus testing company Testcoronanu, it was possible for anyone to create their own Covid vaccination or test certificate, RTL Nieuws reported on Sunday. Additionally, private details from about 60 thousand people who took a coronavirus test at this company had been leaked. The company is…
An insurtech startup exposed thousands of sensitive insurance applications
Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at insurance technology startup BackNine exposed hundreds of thousands of insurance applications after one of its cloud servers was left unprotected on the internet. BackNine might be a company you’re not familiar with, but it might have processed your personal information if you applied for insurance in the past…
Alliance Healthcare Services plans to ‘vigorously defend’ against ‘unfounded’ PACS-breach lawsuit
There’s been a lot of media coverage about a potential class action lawsuit filed against Northeast Radiology and Alliance Healthcare Services. Now one of the defendants has issued a statement saying it will defend itself vigorously. Marty Stempniak reports: Radiology firm Alliance Healthcare Services said it plans to “vigorously defend” itself against a recently proposed…