Matthew Hughes reports: Workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has emailed a number of UK customers to warn about a data leakage caused by contractor error. The email, seen by this publication, claims a service provider “unintentionally” posted user data to an unnamed “public software forum”. These records include biographical data (names, email addresses, and dates…
KY: Jefferson County PVA office hit by ransomware attack
Chris Otts reports: The Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator‘s office has been hit by a ransomware attack, in which hackers are holding the agency’s data hostage for payment, PVA Colleen Younger said in an interview Monday. Younger told WDRB that the agency learned of the attack on Wednesday and had closed its office — where…
De: Funke Media Group victim of cyberattack; widespread impact
NRZ reports (translation): The FUNKE media group, to which this website belongs, was the victim of a hacker attack on Tuesday. Numerous computer systems throughout Germany were affected – including our editorial offices and printing houses. The newspapers of the FUNKE media group can unfortunately only appear with an emergency issue on Wednesday. To ensure that all…
SolarWinds Adviser Warned of Lax Security Years Before Hack
There will be those who say that this is not the time to look back at mistakes made, or this is not the time to point fingers while we are still in the midst of understanding the scope of a major attack and what needs to be done, but …. yes, this piece by Ryan…
Security Firms Form the ‘Ransomware Task Force’ Hoping to Place an Embankment
Bill Toulas reports: A group of 19 large companies and experts in the field of cybersecurity have felt the need to do something tangible to stop the rise of the ransomware threat, and so they have united forces under the ‘Ransomware Task Force’ (RTF). The group has the goal of developing new technical solutions, as…
Twitter Fine: a View into the Consistency Mechanism, and “Constructive Awareness” of Breaches
Mark Young, Shona O’Donovan and Paul Maynard of Covington & Burling writes about the recent news-making fine the DPC issued to Twitter. They write, in part: Process aside, the DPC’s decision contains some interesting points on when a controller is deemed to be “aware” of a personal data breach for the purpose of notifying a…