CBC reports: Thousands of members of a gymnastics centre in Gatineau, Que., may have had their personal and financial data stolen after a possible computer breach. Some 21,000 members of Unigym Gatineau learned about the Oct. 6 breach in an email from the club on Wednesday. The compromised data includes names, contact information, social insurance…
Data breach in 42 Latvian municipalities: DVI imposes 300,000 euro fine on ZZ Dats
LETA reports: The Data State Inspectorate (DVI) has imposed a 300,000 euro fine on SIA “ZZ Dats” in connection with last year’s municipal data breach; the company has appealed the decision in court, the LETA news agency reports. According to the Inspectorate, the data were stored in an information system maintained by ZZ Dats. Upon…
Confidence in ransomware recovery is high but actual success rates remain low
Ian Barker reports: A new study from OpenText of nearly 1,800 global IT and security leaders shows a false sense of confidence in ransomware readiness. The report shows that 95 percent of respondents say they’re confident in their ransomware recovery — yet only 15 percent of those attacked have fully recovered their data. In a rapidly changing threat landscape…
Kaufman County’s data breach was their second one in three weeks
Rachel Means reports that the October 20 cyberattack that Kaufman County, Texas, confirmed yesterday was actually the second breach the county had in October. Kaufman County officials have confirmed that a second data breach earlier this month may have compromised personal information, marking the second computer security incident in October. In a letter sent to…
Hacking Formula 1: Accessing Max Verstappen’s passport and PII through FIA bugs
As a loooong-time F1 fan and a breach blogger, of course I had to read this report on hacking F1. Introduction With security startups getting flooded with VC funding in the past few years, some of the biggest networking events have centered themselves around the Formula 1 Grand Prix. Companies like CrowdStrike and Darktrace spend…
Protected health information of 462,000 members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana involved in Conduent data breach
WVNews reports that personal and protected health information of 462,000 Montanans was involved in a significant data breach experienced by Conduent Business Services from October 2024 to January 2025. The state’s Insurance and Securities Commission wants to know why Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana (BCBSMT) didn’t notify the state sooner. The breach came to…