PARAMUS, N.J., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP (“DFCG”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of information for current or former clients and other individuals who were either directly or indirectly involved as a party involved in a DFCG legal matter. The confidentiality, privacy, and security…
MangaDex website taken offline following cyber-attack, data breach
The Daily Swig reports: A website that hosts free manga comics has been taken offline after malicious hackers allegedly gained access to a database that housed user data. The MangaDex site was taken down for maintenance last week (March 20) after an unknown actor gained access to an administrator account. The site’s maintainers said the attacker was…
MO: Park Hill schools closed Monday due to malware attack
Katelyn Brown reports: The Park Hill School District was forced to cancel classes Monday due to a malware attack on the district. Classes were canceled for both in-person and online students. A Facebook post explaining the incident was shared just before 7 a.m. Read more on KSHB. h/t, @Chum1ng0 Update: The district opted not to…
Kentucky Wesleyan College notice of data security incident – should the FTC investigate?
As posted on their web site on March 20, KWC reveals an incident that they became aware of in September 2020. Kentucky Wesleyan College experienced a Network Security Incident, resulting in the temporary loss of availability to its files and systems. We have since resolved the Incident and implemented additional security measures. Although there was…
AZ: Maricopa Community Colleges cancel classes amid cybersecurity issue
KTAR reports: The Maricopa County Community College District announced Friday it has canceled classes until March 29 after a cybersecurity issue forced its network system offline. In a statement on its website, the district said the network outage was due to suspicious activity that appears to be related to a potential cyber attack. Read more on KTAR…
MA: Stratus Technologies posts about ransomware attack
From an urgent notice on their web site: On March 17, 2021, Stratus Technologies, Inc. was the victim of a ransomware event. Upon detecting suspicious activity, we took several systems offline to isolate the issue and began to initiate our business continuity plan. Additionally, we notified federal law enforcement authorities and enlisted third-party subject matter…