Logan MacLeod reports: A national cyber crime investigation has been sparked after a college in Northampton was hit by hackers, forcing the school to close due to safety concerns. Kingsthorpe College officials say it was the victim of a cyber attack, which has ‘significantly reduced’ its capacity to run its information management systems, meaning it…
SmartSearch issues warning over risk of GDPR breach
admin posted: Anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch said regulated businesses in the housing chain which are relying on manual customer records risk non-compliance more than three years after the GDPR laws came into force in the UK. John Dobson, CEO at SmartSearch explained even after this time had lapsed a lot of firms did not have…
UK: Tunbridge Wells: Skinners’ Kent schools closed after data breach
BBC reports: Two schools in Kent have been closed after hackers stole data with encrypted information about pupils. The Skinners’ Kent Academy and Skinners’ Kent Primary School said their servers were broken into but they do not believe the hackers have access to student and staff personal records. But the two Tunbridge Wells schools admitted…
Proposed Settlement in Nebraska Medicine Data Breach Lawsuit
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A federal court has approved a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit filed in February against Nebraska Medicine in the wake of a 2020 malware attack and exfiltration of sensitive personal data and medical records of tens of thousands of individuals. Read more on GovInfoSecurity.
Tech vendor that provides constituent newsletter services to dozens of House members hit by ransomware
John Bresnahan, Anna Palmer, and Jake Sherman report that iConstituent, a vendor providing an e-newsletter system used by many members of Congress for constituent outreach, was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attack has reportedly impacted approximately 60 members of the House from both parties, who have been unable to retrieve constituent information for…
Operators of MoviePass Subscription Service Agree to Settle FTC Allegations that They Limited Usage, Failed to Secure User Data
The operators of the MoviePass subscription service have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission allegations they took steps to block subscribers from using the service as advertised, while also failing to secure subscribers’ personal data. Under the proposed settlement, MoviePass, Inc., its parent company Helios and Matheson Analytics, Inc. (Helios), and their principals, Mitchell Lowe and…