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…
Spartanburg School District 1 hit with ransomware attack
Dustin Wyatt reports: Officials of a Spartanburg County school district didn’t think it was necessary to notify parents when a cyber-attack shut down computer systems for three days last week. […] The ransomware attack hit District 1 schools sometime Wednesday, Feb. 26, shutting off internet connectivity and network access. District spokeswoman Sandra Williams said the…
Data Breach Affects Princess Cruises, Holland America Line Guests
Adam LePosa reports: Princess Cruises and Holland America Line report that a data breach may have compromised employee and guest personal information. According to a statement from both cruise lines, in late May 2019 Princess and Holland America identified a series of deceptive emails sent to employees that resulted in unauthorized third-party access to some employee email…