Julien Gignac reports: Roughly 400 Yukon government employees may have been affected by a recent privacy breach, according to a spokesperson at the Department of Finance. […] According to a government-issued notice obtained by CBC, a problem occurred during the processing of T4 and T4A slips that may have caused information such as Social Insurance…
Ro: Cluj County Council’s website was hacked by hackers. They are asking for $100 in bitcoins
Digi24 reports that the Cluj County Council was hacked and the threat actors demand $100 USD in BTC if the council doesn’t want the files dumped. The following is a translation of the defacement: All files have been encrypted and a backup copy of the site has been saved. If you do not want the…
WA: SEIU 775 Benefits Group notifying 140,000 about hack
On April 4, SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington experienced abnormal activity in their system and started investigating. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual had gained access to their systems and had deleted some files with personal and protected health information in the process. There was no evidence, however, that the unauthorized individual had…
Nexelis Group responds to malware attack on systems formerly owned by Pacific Biomarker
Here’s another breach that has not been in the headlines (or at least, not yet). On November 8, 2020, Nexelis Group discovered that their system had been encrypted by malware. According to the notification letter sent to patients in April, the information was contained on the server of a company that Nexelis recently acquired, Pacific Biomarkers….
Medtronic plc notifies patients after employee’s devices accessed by unauthorized person
It hasn’t been in the headlines — at least not yet — but Medtronic, a well-known medical device company, is notifying some customers after an incident one employee’s devices may have compromised personal or patient information. According to a notification letter, on March 12, an employee’s computer, phone, and iPad were “taken and accessed for…
WA: RX Pharmacy, LTC and RX Pharmacies notify patients after discovering hack of email accounts
KNDO and KNDU in Washington report: RX Pharmacy, LTC and RX Pharmacies says their email has been hacked after detecting suspicious activity and protected health information and/or personal information has potentially been compromised. It was discovered that a business email may have hacked on October 6, 2020. Letters have already gone out to those potentially…