Yesterday, Al.com reported a ransomware attack on Mobile County, Alabama: The county, in a statement released to the media Wednesday, confirmed it discovered a malware affecting “certain systems.” The infection occurred last week and prompted the county to shut down its system for about three days, according to Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson. […] Broussard…
Imperva: 75.9% of stolen data in breaches involve personal information
VB reports: In an analysis of more than 100 of the biggest and most well-known data breaches of the last decade, Imperva Research Labs found that 75.9% of data stolen in these breaches was personally identifiable information (PII). An in-depth analysis of more than 100 of the largest data breaches in the past decade by Imperva Research Labs reveals a bleak…
Dutch pizza chain discloses breach after hacker tries to extort company
Catalin Cimpanu reports: New York Pizza, one of the largest pizza restaurant chains in the Netherlands, has disclosed today a security breach after a hacker tried to extort the company over the weekend. “Last Sunday night on Monday morning we received some emails from a hacker,” the company said in a statement published on its website….
Ca: More than 1,000 NWT residents’ student loan information breached
Emily Blake reports: More than 1,000 NWT residents had private information regarding their student loans mistakenly shared in an email from the Department of Education, Culture, and Employment earlier this year. According to a notice sent on behalf of the deputy minister of the department to those affected, information on the amount of interest they…
11th Circuit Upholds Historic $380 Million Equifax Data-Breach Settlement
Izzy Kapnick reports: A three-judge panel for the 11th Circuit on Thursday upheld the largest-ever U.S. class action settlement over a consumer data breach, rejecting a bevy of challenges to the $380 million deal. Finalized in January 2020, the settlement compensates U.S. consumers whose personal information was exposed in a cyberattack on the credit bureau Equifax. The…
Document Leak Puts Ex-Treasury Official Away 6 Months
Emilee Larkin reports: A federal judge handed a six-month prison sentence Thursday to a former Treasury official who painted herself as a whistleblower for leaking government records about targets of Robert Mueller’s Russia probe. “I understand she viewed herself as a whistleblower,” U.S. District Judge Gregory Woods said at the hearing this afternoon in Manhattan….