There have been so many Blackbaud-related security notifications that my first thought was that one by Scholarship America would be more of the same. But it’s not. It’s another hack involving Microsoft Office 365 accounts, which has been a growing problem this year. From their press release yesterday: – Scholarship America, a nonprofit organization that manages…
UK Dentists May Have Had Bank Details Stolen Following Data Breach
When I saw the ransomware attack on the British Dental Association noted on a Russian-language forum, I didn’t think too much about it. After all, it was just another professional organization or guild organization, right? Maybe I should have paid more attention because the organization may have stored more personal and sensitive information that I…
Why Healthcare is (or isn’t) Adopting Blockchain
Matt Jordan reports: There’s a place for Blockchain in the Healthcare environment, whether individual providers are choosing to adopt it or not. With the current health crisis rocking our country, and even our world, sending patients to ICU or bed-ridden and unable to leave their homes to receive care and diagnoses from their medical professionals….
Pepperstone Updates Clients on Data Breach Investigation
Aziz Abdel-Qader reports: Multi-regulated FX broker Pepperstone has just updated its clients about the data security breach that occurred just over a week ago. The company said the security issue had originated from one of its third-party vendors after cybercriminals used malware to compromise its computers and obtained access to the provider’s credentials. Not so long after…
SPARTOO: sanction of 250,000 euros and injunction under penalty to comply with the GDPR
From the CNIL, the French data protection authority: SPARTOO is specialized in the online shoe sales sector. For this activity, it has a website accessible in thirteen countries of the European Union. The CNIL inspected the company in May 2018, and noted shortcomings concerning the data of customers, prospects and employees. The President of the CNIL therefore…
Intel investigating breach after 20GB of internal documents leak online
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US chipmaker Intel is investigating a security breach after earlier today 20 GB of internal documents, with some marked “confidential” or “restricted secret,” were uploaded online on file-sharing site MEGA. The data was published by Till Kottmann, a Swiss software engineer, who said he received the files from an anonymous hacker who…