Naked Security reports: Global facilities company ISS World, headquartered in Denmark, has shuttered most of its computer systems worldwide after suffering what it describes as a “security incident impacting parts of the IT environment.” The company’s website currently shows a holding page, with no clickable links on it Read more on NakedSecurity.
Household Names: How Tetrad Exposed Data on 120 Million Consumers
From UpGuard: The UpGuard Research team can now disclose that a collection of data sets detailing the purchasing habits and consumer behavior profiles of virtually every American household has been secured. The publicly exposed data comes from market analysis company Tetrad but includes data blended from many sources, including Experian Mosaic, Claritas/Nielsen’s PRIZM, and what…
More than 10 million records from 2019 MGM Resorts hack; data includes celebrity guests (updated)
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The personal details of more than 10.6 million users who stayed at MGM Resorts hotels have been published on a hacking forum this week. Besides details for regular tourists and travelers, included in the leaked files are also personal and contact details for celebrities, tech CEOs, reporters, government officials, and employees at…
A ‘stalkerware’ app leaked phone data from thousands of victims
Zack Whittaker reports: A spyware app designed to “monitor everything” on a victim’s phone has been secretly installed on thousands of phones. The app, KidsGuard, claims it can “access all the information” on a target device, including its real-time location, text messages, browser history, access to its photos, videos and app activities, and recordings of phone…
CA: VibrantCare Rehabilitation notifies patients after employee email account compromised
VibrantCare Rehabilitation in California recently notified 1,655 patients after an employee’s email account was accessed. They notified HHS on February 8 and posted this notice on their website: ABOUT THE INCIDENT VibrantCare Rehabilitation, Inc. (“VibrantCare”) is providing notice to individuals of an incident that may have affected the security of some information relating to certain…
United Regional sends letters to patients about information breach
News6 in Texas reports that United Regional Health Care System has disclosed an incident that occurred last July when someone accessed an employee email account. It was only in December that they first confirmed that patient information could have been accessed in the email account, even though there was no direct evidence that it had…