Sergiu Gatlan reports: American telecommunications provider T-Mobile has disclosed a data breach after an unknown number of customers were apparently affected by SIM swap attacks. […] In a data breach notice sent to impacted customers on February 9, 2021, and filed with US attorney generals’ offices, T-Mobile revealed that an unknown attacker gained access to customers’ account…
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Former Air Force Contractor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Taking 2,500 Pages of Classified Information
WASHINGTON – A former contractor with the U.S. Air Force pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio today to illegally taking approximately 2,500 pages of classified documents. Izaak Vincent Kemp, 35, of Fairborn, was charged on Jan. 25, 2021, by a Bill of Information. According to court documents, Kemp was employed…
GA: Metro school district working on cybersecurity after reports of hacking
Mike Petchenik reports: The DeKalb County School District is making changes to student computer account passwords after reports of hacking. One mother told Channel 2′s Mike Petchenik that when she got a call from her daughter’s assistant principal accusing her 10-year-old daughter of sending inappropriate messages to a teacher, she knew something wasn’t right. […] She contacted…
MA: Home for the Little Wanderers starts notifying people while still investigating breach
Here we go… an entity that isn’t waiting until its investigation is totally complete to begin notifying. I love it! BRIGHTON, Mass., Feb. 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The Home for the Little Wanderers (“The Home”) is providing notice of a recent data security event. On or about December 28, 2020, The Home became aware of usual activity within an…
Florida Studio Theatre recovering from ransomware attack
Jay Handelman reports: Florida Studio Theatre was hit by a ransomware attack on its business systems over Valentine’s Day weekend that compromised some internal office files, but Managing Director Rebecca Hopkins said Thursday there is no evidence so far that any patron information or credit card numbers were affected. The attack happened on Feb. 12…
“Without Undue Delay,” Friday edition
The Jacobson Memorial Hospital & Care Center had a breach last year that they are first disclosing this week. Here’s the chronology, based on a statement from their external counsel: July 28, 2020 — One employee’s email account is compromised and used to send out spam. August 5, 2020 — Hospital manages to kick bad…