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Wind River Security Incident Affects SSNs, Passport Numbers

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Dissent

Lindsey O’Donnell reports: Wind River Systems, which develops embedded system software, on Friday warned of a “security incident” that had exposed personnel records. One or more files were downloaded from the company’s network on or around September 29, it said. Affected data included information maintained within the company’s personnel records – including critical data like…

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Personal Data of 3 Million+ People Exposed In DriveSure Hack

Posted on February 2, 2021 by Dissent

Once again, breaches are discovered when security firms read forums where data are shared or posted for sale.  Risk Based Security discusses what they found involving DriveSure: In a lengthy post to prove the databases’ high quality, the threat actor detailed the leaked files and the user information. Typically, hackers only share valuable segments or…

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NY: Victor Central School District closed Monday to in-person classes due to malware attack

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Dissent

Either the snow will get you or the malware will. On Saturday, it was the malware. The Victor Central School District will be closed to in-person classes Monday after a malware attack struck servers in the district. According to an e-mail sent to parents and guardians of district students, the malware attack has caused all…

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Lawmakers press NSA for answers about Juniper hack from 2015

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Dissent

Justin Katz reports: A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the National Security Agency to account for its part in the five-year-old breach of Juniper Networks, following a congressional investigation of the company last year. “The American people have a right to know why NSA did not act after the Juniper hack to protect…

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Court Holds Data Breach Notice Disclosing Potential Cyberattack Did Not Establish Plaintiffs’ Standing in Privacy Litigation

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Dissent

Christina Lamoureux of Squire Patton Boggs writes: While many federal courts have weighed in on the issue of what suffices for Article III standing in the context of a data breach litigation, not all state courts have.  Last week, the Superior Court of Delaware found that a group of plaintiffs who received a notice that their personal…

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CA: Serious Prison Time for Hackers Behind Wolf & Associates Breach

Posted on January 31, 2021 by Dissent

Tyler Hayden reports: A pair of habitual offenders behind one of the biggest data breaches in Santa Barbara County history pleaded guilty last week to multiple felony counts that will send them to prison for a combined 33 years. San Diego residents Gordon Welterlen, 37, and Nicole Milan, 31, admitted to hacking a computer network…

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