I’ve always resisted any urge to write a “worst breaches of the year” piece at the beginning of December because I just know that if I do, there’s going to be something that would be on my “worst” list if only I had waited a few weeks. The Conti ransomware attack on Leon Medical Centers…
China settles over 3,100 personal data breach cases in 2020
Xinhua reports: China’s public security agencies investigated and settled more than 3,100 criminal cases involving personal information breaches this year, with more than 9,700 suspects arrested, according to the Ministry of Public Security. By Dec 20, police across the country had dismantled more than 40 criminal gangs and arrested more than 860 suspects in 50…
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Charity GetSchooled Breaches 900k Children’s Details
WELP reports: The Financial Times was the first to break this story earlier today (29th December 2020. This breach occurred when GetSchooled (getschooled.com), a charity founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in collaboration with Viacom left a database open and accessible to anyone with a browser and internet connection. According to TurgenSec: The breach impacts 930k individuals,…
OR: Treasure Valley Community College notifies community members of breach after late discovery
Treasure Valley Community College (“TVCC”) has become aware of a data security incident that may have involved the personal information of certain TVCC community members. TVCC is offering complimentary credit monitoring services to them. On August 25, 2020 , TVCC learned that unauthorized access to an employee email account had by an unknown person may have exposed personal…
Hackers publish client data stripped from Auckland financial services company on dark web
John Anthony reports: Personal information belonging to clients of an Auckland financial services firm has been published on the dark web after the company fell victim to a ransomware attack. Earlier this month a blog post on the dark web showed cyberattackers appeared to be in possession of sensitive information held by financial services company…
Antwerp laboratory becomes latest victim of cyber-attack
Alan Hope reports a ransomware attack on a laboratory that “handles about 3,000 Covid-19 tests a day, or about 5% of he national total. As such, it is the largest private lab in the country dealing with the Covid-19 crisis.” The attack took place on the General Medical Laboratory (AML) in the Antwerp district of…