On February 25, Affton School District notified its community about a ransomware attack. As part of their notification, they wrote: We do not believe any sensitive information has been accessed and no personal data, financial information, or grades have been found to be compromised. As a routine layer of protection, this information is stored on…
Hackers Hit Italian Menswear Brand Boggi Milano With Ransomware
Daniele Lepido reports: A group of hackers executed a ransomware attack Wednesday on Italian menswear premium brand Boggi Milano, according to people familiar with the matter and documents seen by Bloomberg. … The hacker group called Ragnarok said on its dark web blog that it targeted Boggi Milano servers and stole about 40 gigabytes of corporate…
Good Luck Explaining to HHS Why Your PHI is in GitHub’s Vault for the Next 1,000 Years
You may see a number of hospitals and covered entities issuing statements this week about a data security incident involving Med-Data (Med-Data, Incorporated). So far, Memorial Hermann, U. of Chicago, Aspirus, and OSF Healthcare have posted notices. Others should be or may be posting soon. Here’s DataBreaches.net’s exclusive report on the incident. Another Day, Another…
University of Maryland, Baltimore responds to Accellion breach
This week, a number of universities were added to CLOP threat actors’ dark web leak site. They appear to be linked to the Accellion breach in December and January. As a reminder, many of Accellion’s clients used a standalone server with Accellion’s software to transfer large files. The attack did not hit Accellion’s clients’ own…
NZ: Allied Press hit by data breach
This afternoon Allied Press was contacted by Government cyber security organisation Cert NZ about a data breach affecting its ODT Archive service. Those affected by the breach have been sent an email containing more information. Read more on Otago Daily Times. Since Allied Press owns Otago Daily Times and is a news outlet, you’d hope…
NZ: Heath board has contacted 50 people affected by software privacy breach
Sam Sherwood reports: About 50 people affected by a software error that allowed patients’ private information to be seen in the Covid-19 vaccination appointment booking system have been contacted by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). The error meant the details of 714 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. The details included…