Eyemart Express posted a notice of breach in local media: Farmers Branch, Texas, March 21, 2021 — Eyemart Express, LLC has discovered it was targeted by a cyber attack that affected certain Eyemart Express email accounts. Importantly, the attack did not affect Eyemart Express’ internal systems that store medical or billing records. Once the incident…
Ca: Nunavut schools confirm school information system vendor suffered ransomware attack
On March 3, this site noted that a security incident affecting Manitoba school districts sounded like a ransomware attack on Edsembli. Yesterday, Nunavut’s Department of Education confirmed it was a ransomware attack on the territory’s school information system that stores grades, attendance and student enrolment. That system is maintained by Edsembli. No data has reportedly…
MI: Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic and Spine Specialists notifies 28,658 patients of breach
Mendelson Kornblum Orthopedic and Spine Specialists in Michigan recently notified 28,658 patients of a data security incident. The incident was reported to HHS on March 5 as a Hacking/IT incident. The practice writes, in part: On January 5, 2021, the Practice became aware that certain limited health information residing on one of its servers was…
UK: Details of ‘vulnerable kids’ uploaded to Birmingham City Council website in ‘serious’ data breach
Nick Horner reports: A “serious” online data breach at Birmingham City Council saw personal information – allegedly the details of “vulnerable children” – put at risk. Data, said to relate to youngsters entitled to free bus passes, was uploaded “in error” by staff and was “potentially available externally”, the authority said in an email raising the alarm,…
MN: Minneapolis Police Officer’s Data Misuse Claims Head to Retrial
There’s an update to litigation stemming from misuse of a Minnesota state database. The case began in 2013, when Amy Krekelberg received a notice from Minnesota’s Department of Natural Resources that informed her that an employee had abused his access to a government driver’s license database and snooped on thousands of people in the state,…
Federal Police arrest hacker suspected of the largest data leak in Brazil
Arkady Petrov reports: The man suspected of being responsible for the largest data leak in Brazil was arrested this Friday, March 19th, in Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, during Operation Deepwater, of the Federal Police (PF). The action investigates the obtaining, disclosure and commercialization of data of Brazilians, including several authorities. The investigations found that, last January,…