Lester Wong reports: The personal information of 1.1 million RedMart user accounts was stolen from a customer database and put up for sale on an online forum. A spokesman from e-commerce giant Lazada, which owns e-grocer Redmart, confirmed the data breach yesterday and said that the personal information stolen included names, phone numbers, e-mail, mailing…
Home Depot Confirms Data Breach in Order Confirmation SNAFU
Tara Seals reports: Home Depot has exposed the private order confirmations of hundreds of Canadian consumers, containing names, physical addresses, email addresses, order details and partial credit-card information. After customers began reporting that they had received hundreds of emails from the home-improvement giant, each containing an order confirmation for a stranger, the company confirmed the…
NH: Info may be stolen in Salem computer attack
Breanna Edelstein reports: Town officials still offline after a cybersecurity breach last week recently learned attackers were able to access internal systems, according to Town Manager Chris Dillon. At about 3:15 a.m. on Oct. 21, the town became the victim of “a sophisticated cybersecurity attack involving ransomware,” Dillon said in a statement. Read more on…
Wisconsin Republican Party says hackers stole $2.3M from Trump reelection account
Scott Bauer reports: Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday. Read more on Madison.com
Statement from Universal Health Services
Updated Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:30 pm ET — As previously disclosed on September 29, 2020, we experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result of this cyberattack, we suspended user access to our information technology applications related to operations located in the United States. While…
Cyberattack causes ‘significant’ UVM Health Network technology outage
AP and NBC report from Vermont: The University of Vermont Health Network is experiencing a systemwide network disruption following a cyberattack Wednesday. Six hospitals throughout Vermont and northern New York are being affected by a “significant and ongoing system-wide network issue,” said spokesperson Neal Goswami. The group has not confirmed an exact timeline for restoring…