KCCI reports: The Fort Dodge Community School District will be back in session Friday after a cyberattack forced the closure of the school Thursday. Superintendent Jesse Ulrich confirmed that the district experienced a cyberattack Wednesday. Ulrich said the attack compromised its phones and internet. The problem has since been resolved. Read more on KCCI. It is…
Camrose medical clinic employee penalized after sharing health files: privacy commissioner
Alex Antoneshyn reports: A Camrose medical clinic employee has been fined and given 180 hours of community service after improperly accessing health records of friends and others. According to the office of the privacy commissioner, Olivia Franc accessed the files at the Smith Clinic where she worked. Her employer reported the privacy breach in June…
Razer Gaming Fans Caught Up in Data Leak
Tara Seals reports: An estimated 100,000 customers of Razer, a purveyor of high-end gaming gear ranging from laptops to apparel, have had their private info exposed, according to a researcher. Security consultant Bob Diachenko ran across a misconfigured Elasticsearch cloud cluster that exposed a segment of Razer’s infrastructure to the public internet, for anyone to…
Equinix data center giant hit by Netwalker Ransomware, $4.5M ransom
Lawrence Abrams reports: Data center and colocation giant Equinix has been hit with a Netwalker ransomware attack where threat actors are demanding $4.5 million for a decryptor and to prevent the release of stolen data. Read more on BleepingComputer, who was able to get a statement from Equinix confirming the attack. h/t, @Chum1ng0
SegurCaixa Adeslas activates its contingency plan due to a ransomware attack
Europa Press reports that the insurance company has activated its incident response plan in the wake of a ransomware attack. The following is a translation: SegurCaixa Adeslas activates its contingency plan due to a ransomware attack SegurCaixa Adeslas has activated its contingency plan after having suffered a ransomware attack on its computer systems, the company…
NorthShore health system reports 348,000 affected by Blackbaud breach
Ugh. I’ve been so busy adding Blackbaud incident-related reports to my worksheets that I maintain for my research with Protenus for Breach Barometer that I forgot to post some incidents here. Thankfully, a kind reader gave me a gentle poke to let you know that Lisa Schenker reported that NorthShore University HealthSystem is notifying approximately 348,000…