Brian Soergel reports: On Aug. 31, employees of the Health and Wellness Clinic at 22005 76th Ave. W in Edmonds discovered that a storage room where patient records were kept was broken into, according to the clinic’s Jenni Ricker. The clinic offers “natural medicine and physical care solutions for every lifestyle.” The storage room is…
KY: Breach of city contractor e-mail put some city workers info at risk
Steve Rogers reports: Some current and former Lexington city employees’ personal information was put at risk when a third-party contractor’s e-mail server was hacked in July. The city was notified on Sept. 28 of the security incident by Metaformers Inc., the third-party contractor working on city technology projects, the city said in a release. Read…
UK: Hackney Hacked as Council Investigates Attack
Dan Raywood reports: London’s Hackney Council has reported it has “been the target of a serious cyber-attack which is affecting many of our services and IT systems.” According to a statement from Philip Glanville, mayor of Hackney, council officers have been working closely with the National Cyber Security Centre, external experts and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local…
Tyler Technologies finally paid the ransom to receive the decryption key
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Tyler Technologies has finally decided to paid a ransom to obtain a decryption key and recover files encrypted in a recent ransomware attack. Tyler Technologies, Inc. is the largest provider of software to the United States public sector. At the end of September, the company disclosed a ransomware attack and its customers reported…
Data leak at Covid testing call center under investigation
NL Times reports: The Dutch data protection authority AP is investigating whether health service GGD is complying with privacy rules with its coronavirus test line, the call center where Netherlands residents can book a Covid-19 test and which calls with their results. This follows stories of former employees still having access to personal data, even…
Home security cams hacked in Singapore, and stolen footage sold on adult websites
Graham Cluley writes that Singapore residents have discovered the ugly truth that video from their in-home security cams has been hacked and embarrassing footage put up for sale: as local media reports, clips stolen from more than 50,000 hacked cameras have been uploaded to pornographic websites, and X-rated footage sold to people prepared to pay a…