archyde reports: The municipal computers were suddenly paralyzed Wednesday evening: “a general plantade”, in the words of the mayor PS of Alfortville (Val-de-Marne), Luc Carvounas. Its town hall was the target of a cyber attack by “ransomware”, that is to say that the hackers managed to enter the computer system and to exfiltrate, before encrypting…
Luxottica has a lot more explaining to do
Update: My source was correct. On November 12, HHS added Luxottica’s report to their public breach tool. Luxottica reported, as a business associate, that 829,454 patients were impacted by the August breach. In September, we learned that the eyewear giant Luxottica had suffered a massive ransomware attack that resulted in its suspending operations in both…
Hackers Asked Gaming Giant CAPCOM to Pay an $11 Million in Bitcoin Ransom
Ali Raza reports: Ransomware hackers reportedly breached the servers of gaming giant CAPCOM. The hackers have come out to request 11 million in Bitcoin from the Resident Evil creator or risk losing their data to the public. The ransomware attack affected access to certain systems such as file and email servers, as it encrypted 1TB…
Ca: 2 hard drives and documents with personal health info left behind during MLHU move
CTV reports: The Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) is defending itself over a privacy breach earlier this year when papers and two computer hard drives containing personal information and personal health information were left behind at its former headquarters on King Street. It happened during the move to its new location inside Citi Plaza in the…
Mayo Clinic faces lawsuit in breach of patients’ health records
Not surprisingly, Mayo Clinic is facing a lawsuit over an insider-wrongdoing (snooping) breach that was disclosed last month. Jim Spencer reports: Patients whose medical records were improperly accessed by a former Mayo Clinic employee are attempting to mount a class-action lawsuit against the health care provider for failing to protect their sensitive personal data. The…
UK: ‘Thousands’ of people could have had personal details in cyber attack on Sandicliffe car dealership
For what… about 14 years now… I have pointed out how many non-medical entities hold sensitive medical information on consumers that may get caught up in breaches. Today’s example is out of the U.K., where Phoebe Ram reports: The bank account details and medical histories of ‘possibly thousands’ of people were stolen during a cyber…