Ben Butler reports: The federal information commissioner is investigating a potential data breach at one of Australia’s biggest tenancy blacklists, run by Sydney company Trading Reference Australia (TRA). TRA has moved to stymie the investigation, obtaining a federal court injunction that quashes an order from the commissioner that it hand over information about the breach….
WastedLocker explained: How this targeted ransomware extorts millions from victims
Lucian Constantin reports: WastedLocker is a ransomware program that started hitting businesses and other organizations in May 2020 and is known for its high ransom demands reaching millions of dollars per victim. It is the creation of a group of highly skilled cybercriminals that have been operating for over a decade despite being criminally indicted…
Luxottica hacker attack returned
Marco A. De Felice reports: As reported by Ansa , the production and logistics plants of Agordo and Sedico were shut down yesterday morning due to an unspecified ” computer system failure”. After yesterday’s block of the second work shift, with employees invited (via SMS) not to come to the company, in the evening the company had decided…
Details of 540,000 sports referees taken in failed ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A company that provides software for sports leagues to manage referees and game officials has disclosed a security incident that impacted around 540,000 of its registered members — consisting of referees, league officials, and school representatives. ArbiterSports, the official software provider for the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and many other leagues,…
Spokane health district apologizes for accidental disclosure of personal health info
Megan Carroll reports: The Spokane Regional Health District is apologizing on Monday after it accidentally disclosed personal health information to a partner agency. According to a press release, SRHD discovered the unauthorized disclosure to Northeast Washington Educational Service District 101 on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Recipients included school administrations and nursing staff. Read more on KREM.
Montefiore employee terminated after data breach affected up to 4,000 patient records
Jeff Lagasse reports: On Friday, Montefiore Medical Center alerted patients that a former employee had recently stolen personal information from roughly 4,000 patient records, which led Montefiore to terminate the employee upon learning of the security breach and potential identity theft. Read more on Healthcare Finance. Their story appears to have a typo in it, though: the…