Fabienne Tercaefs reports (translation): A major outage has affected the company [Viandes Dubreton] and IT teams have been working to restore the situation since last night. The servers were affected and it is mainly the administrative services that are affected. Production is running normally. No confidential data appears to have been compromised. Several companies have…
FR: Albertville hospital victim of ransomware attack
Justine Leblond reports (translation): Since 4 am, this Monday, December 21, the Center Hospitalier Albertville-Moûtiers (CHAM) has been the victim of a cyber attack. Several sites are affected: the two branches in Albertville and Moûtiers, as well as the EHPAD and the Claude Léger and Les Cordeliers long-term care units. Several equipment, servers, software and part of the…
Nintendo Conducted Invasive Surveillance Operation Against Homebrew Hacker
Leaked Nintendo documents have revealed a frightening surveillance operation carried out against a hacker who was researching exploits for the 3DS handheld. In addition to monitoring his private life, including aspects of his education, when he left the house and where he went, the company followed its target from his place of work in order…
Cyberattack on the website of the European Court of Human Rights
Following the delivery of the Selahattin Demirtas v. Turkey (No. 2) judgment on December 22, the website of the European Court of Human Rights was the subject of a large-scale cyberattack which has made it temporarily inaccessible. The Court strongly deplores this serious incident. The competent services are currently making every effort to remedy the…
Proliance Surgeons, Inc. Notifies Customers of Data Security Incident
Why are they calling them “customers” and not “patients?” I’m confused by this press release, below. Were these payment cards the patients’ payment cards/payment info? If so, it’s still protected health information of patients. I’ve reached out to the entity to request clarification. Update: A spokesperson says that the payment cards were not the patients’…
CT: Attorney General Tong Resolves Data Breach Investigation of Sabre Hospitality Solutions
(Hartford, CT) – Attorney General Tong, along with the attorneys general of 27 states, has entered into a settlement with Sabre Corp. that resolves an investigation into the 2017 data breach of Sabre Hospitality Solutions’ hotel booking system. The breach exposed the data of approximately 1.3 million credit cards. The settlement requires a payment of…