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…
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Austin Peay State University resumes after ransomware cyber attack
Ax Sharma reports: Austin Peay State University (APSU) confirmed yesterday that it had been a victim of a ransomware attack. The university, located in Clarksville, Tennessee advised students, staff, and faculty to disconnect their computers and devices from the university network immediately as a precaution. Read more at BleepingComputer. Employees have reported as normal today. Those of…
Coca-Cola investigates hackers’ claims of breach and data theft
Bill Toulas reported this yesterday: Coca-Cola, the world’s largest soft drinks maker, has confirmed in a statement to BleepingComputer that it is aware of the reports about a cyberattack on its network and is currently investigating the claims. The American beverage giant has started to investigate after the Stormous gang said that it successfully breached some…
New York dental insurer reports phishing incident, French hospital group hit in ransomware incident
Healthplex, Inc. in New York provides dental insurance plans. On November 24, 2021, an employee reportedly fell for a phishing attempt. As a result, the insurer notified 76,262 of their insured members whose personal information may have been impacted. They do not make clear whether their investigation confirmed access and exfiltration or just access, so…
Illuminate Education Breach Notice
New York State Education Department has addressed the Illuminate data breach in a notice on the state’s site that advises school districts that they must make their best effort to contact all students, including former students for whom they have addresses. They are also advising districts to keep records of who they notified and who…
Silent no more: Exposing a campaign that intimidated researchers and journalists
On April 20, DataBreaches.net reported that a threat actor contacted this site to say that a researcher, @ido_cohen2, had been scared off the internet after the threat actor’s colleague(s) used a fake Emergency Data Request (EDR) to obtain the researcher’s account information from Twitter. DataBreaches could see that @ido_cohen2’s Twitter account had been deleted and…