Maximilian Kiener is Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Oxford. And while I have been blogging about the need to promptly disclose to patients when patient data has been acquired or dumped by threat actors, Kiener has been writing about the need for doctors to expand our concept of what constitutes the kind…
Egregor ransomware causes printers to spit out ransom notes
In a somewhat novel approach to ensuring that their victim knows they have been hacked and their systems locked up, the Egregor threat actors sent messages to some Cencosud stores. Some video was shared on Twitter by @Irlenys: El #ransomware que le pegó a Cencosud es #Egregor. La ransom note empezó a salir en las…
Hacker shares 3.2 million Pluto TV accounts for free on forum
Lawrence Abrams reports on one a number of newly dumped databases this past week: A hacker is sharing what they state are 3.2 million Pluto TV user records that were stolen during a data breach. Pluto TV is an Internet television service that lets you stream free TV shows with advertisements. The service has over 28 million…
Seine-Saint-Denis. Cyberattack at Bondy town hall: a complaint has been filed
Maëlys Dolbois reports: Since Thursday, November 12, 2020, the City of Bondy (Seine-Saint-Denis ) has been fully mobilized against a cyberattack affecting municipal services. “Our services are undergoing a massive cyber attack which renders a large part of the city’s IT equipment inoperative. In particular, e-mail boxes are affected, ”said the City. Read more on Actu. h/t, @Chum1ng0
Correction and Update: Mount Locker team denies responsibility for Sonoma Valley Hospital attack
On November 9, DataBreaches.net published “Without Undue Delay” which catalogued health sector ransomware attacks where attackers had dumped patient data as part of an attempt to pressure their victims into paying ransom. That report was a companion to a post arguing that patients need to be notified sooner of ransomware dumps than HIPAA’s 60-day window…
Delaware Division of Public Health Announces Data Breach Incident Involving COVID-19 Results
DOVER (Nov. 15, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing today that it is mailing letters to individuals who were impacted by a recent data breach incident and is providing information to the public regarding the incident. On September 16, 2020, the Department of Health and Social Services (DHSS) discovered that…