From their press release earlier today: Golden Valley Health Centers has become aware of a data security incident that may have resulted in the inadvertent exposure of patients’ health information. Although at this time, there is no evidence that patient information was actually accessed or viewed, or any indication of anyone’s information being misused, Golden…
Town of Houlton Police discloses malware attack — again.
On March 17, the Town of Houlton, Maine disclosed that they had experienced a malware attack. According to their disclosure, on October 16, 2019, they discovered that part of their network had been locked up by a virus that prevented access to files. The department was able to quickly restore from backup, and claim that…
India’s Vijay Sales Leaks Private Information through Exposed Amazon Backup Server
Risk Based Security notes: On March 2nd, 2020, a notorious threat actor posted a leaked Vijay Sales database on a popular dark web hacker forum. Vijay Sales is a large electronics retail store chain in India, with nearly two hundred thousand users affected in the leak. The threat actor claimed the source was from an…
Weibo Confirms 538 Million User Records Leaked, Listed For Sale on Dark Web
Caiwai Chen reports: Rumors have spread after Wei Xingguo (Yun Shu), CTO of Chinese Internet security company Moresec and former chief of Alibaba’s Security Research Lab posted on Weibo that millions of Weibo users’ data had been leaked on March 19. Wei claimed that his own phone number was leaked through Weibo and had received…
Tandem Diabetes Care notifies customers of phishing incident
Update: This incident was reported to HHS on March 17 as impacting 140,781 patients. Their press release: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (“Tandem”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our customers’ information. Regrettably, this notice is to inform our customers of a recent phishing incident that may have involved some customer information. What…
UK: Nursing home probed after residents’ personal details are found in the street
John Pring reports: A nursing home is facing an investigation into a “very serious” breach of data protection laws, after detailed personal information about its 36 disabled residents was apparently found in the street. The four-page document contains the names of all 36 residents of Manor Hall, in Eastbourne, as well as their health conditions,…