Thrifty Drug Stores Inc., which does business as Thrifty White, is notifying customers about a security breach. Thrifty Drug in a statement said it worked with a business associate, Capture Rx, that discovered certain files on its system were accessed without authorization in February. Read more on Bismarck Tribune.
QNAP warns of AgeLocker ransomware attacks against NAS devices
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese hardware vendor QNAP said today that its network-attached storage (NAS) devices are under attack by a ransomware operation known as AgeLocker. In a security advisory, the Taiwanese company urged customers to immediately update their NAS operating system and any apps they have installed on the device to prevent the AgeLocker gang from…
Blackbaud ransomware incident: update to education sector impact
Data from the Blackbaud incident continues to dribble in. Marco A. De Felice continues to track the incident as it impacted the education sector and he has another update: UPDATE (3) of 30.04.2021 Total number of people involved 7,975,221 (+66,641) In the update of 30.04.2021, 7 new Institutions affected by the Blackbaud Data Breach are…
RTF Report: Combatting Ransomware A Comprehensive Framework for Action: Key Recommendations from the Ransomware Task Force
From the Institute for Security & Technology: A Comprehensive Framework for Action Ransomware is no longer just a financial crime; it is an urgent national security risk that threatens schools, hospitals, businesses, and governments across the globe. This is not a problem that any one entity can solve. Over 60 experts from industry, government, law…
Seventh Annual Data Security Incident Response Report Released – Disruption and Transformation
Theodore J. Kobus III of BakerHostetler writes: Welcome to our seventh Data Security Incident Response Report (DSIR). It has been quite a year from many perspectives. Thank you to everyone we have continued to partner and work with to create this report. We are excited to soon launch a new digital platform version, and we intend…
UK: HMRC outlines late-filing penalty notices data breach
ICAEW [ Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales] members in practice have been among thousands of agents who have received late-filing penalty notices which are not for their clients. HMRC has investigated and provided an update on what went wrong. […] The total number of individual penalty notices sent to the wrong agent…