Lawrence Abrams reports: Backups are one the most, if not the most, important defense against ransomware, but if not configured properly, attackers will use it against you. Recently the DoppelPaymer Ransomware operators published on their leak site the Admin user name and password for a non-paying victim’s Veeam backup software This was not meant to expose the…
AU: Fears private details of Defence Force members compromised resulted in investigation
Anna Henderson and defence correspondent Andrew Greene The ABC can reveal Defence Force Recruiting’s outsourced electronic records system was taken offline and quarantined from other military networks in February, while IT specialists worked to contain an apparent security breach. Since 2003, the Powerforce database has stored sensitive information about ADF recruits, under a contract awarded…
Ryuk ransomware hits Fortune 500 company EMCOR
Catalin Cimpanu reports: EMCOR Group (NYSE: EME), a US-based Fortune 500 company specialized in engineering and industrial construction services, disclosed last month a ransomware incident that took down some of its IT systems. The incident took place on February 15 and was identified as an infection with the Ryuk ransomware strain. Read more on ZDNet.
UK: Boots Advantage Card hit by cyber attack
Jane Wharton reports: Boots has suspended payments using loyalty card points after a cyber attack on its customer database. Hackers used passwords taken from other websites in an attempt to break into Advantage Card accounts in a bid to steal customers’ reward points to spend on themselves. The high street chain said the issue affected…
UK: West Suffolk Hospital apologises after dog walker finds medical records in nature reserve
Sam Russell and Fiona Leishman report: A hospital trust is apologising to patients whose confidential records were reportedly found by a dog walker in a Cambridgeshire nature reserve. The bundle of documents from the West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds was found on Sunday (March 1) by a member of the public at Trumpington…
T-Mobile customers notified of breach
This notice of a T-Mobile breach appears to have been published today, although the notice on the site is undated: Dear Customer, We want to let you know about a sophisticated attack that we recently identified and quickly shut down, which may have impacted some of your account information. Our Cybersecurity team recently identified and…