Catalin Cimpanu reports: More than 2,000 Magento online stores have been hacked over the weekend in what security researchers have described as the “largest campaign ever.” The attacks were a typical Magecart scheme where hackers breached sites and then planted malicious scripts inside the stores’ source code, code that logged payment card details that shoppers…
Michigan Considers Enhanced Data Breach Notification Law
Joseph Lazzarotti and Maya Atrakchi of JacksonLewis write: Privacy and security continue to be at the forefront for legislatures across the nation, despite (or perhaps because of) the COVID-19 pandemic. In late May, with back-to-back amendments, Washington D.C. and Vermont significantly overhauled their data breach notification laws, including expansion of the definition of personal information,…
West County provides notice of data breach last year; no identity theft reported so far
Sarah Haas reports: West County School District announced on Friday that, although it had experienced a possible data breach between Oct. 6 and Nov. 20 last year, to date it’s had no reports from anyone affected by that unauthorized access of information on a computer server used for summer school. Read more on Daily Journal…
A bug in Joe Biden’s campaign app gave anyone access to millions of voter files
Zack Whittaker reports: A privacy bug in Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s official campaign app allowed anyone to look up sensitive voter information on millions of Americans, a security researcher has found. The campaign app, Vote Joe, allows Biden supporters to encourage friends and family members to vote in the upcoming U.S. presidential election by uploading their phone’s…
Hackers tried to slip Trojan viruses into St. Louis County’s website, but never got in, IT director says
Jeremy Kohler reports: St. Louis County government’s information technology staff took down the county website on Sept. 1 after discovering attacks on its server designed to take control of the site, the IT director said Monday. They were able to respond to the threat before the hackers could succeed, acting IT director Charles Henderson said…
West Mifflin Area School District recalls student devices for ‘urgent security updates’
I wonder how many districts are going through this same thing this month. Lacretia Wimbley reports: The West Mifflin Area School District is recalling all district-issued student computers for “urgent security updates” beginning Monday. In a letter sent home to parents last week, officials said the school district’s technology department is working with tech vendors to…