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…
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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…
Student sues San Dieguito district, says classmate cyberstalked her, hacked her grades
I missed this one when it was first published two weeks ago, but apart from the privacy issues involving cyberstalking, it involves a hack of a school district’s information system and a class action lawsuit against the software firm. Kristen Taketa reported: Haley Dinsmore was 12 when a classmate at Earl Warren Middle School asked…
Cayuga Medical Center and Wisconsin Institute of Urology notifying patients of breaches
In addition to a breach reported by Renaissance, two other breaches involving protected health information were disclosed yesterday. Here’s what you might want to know about those: Cayuga Medical Center We are still first learning about some victims of the Accellion data breach that took place back in December and January when threat actors exploited…