Andrew James reports on a ransomware attack on a South Carolina system that has yet to show up on HHS’s public breach tool: The impacts of the December 12 cyberattack on the Tidelands Health Hospital System are unclear, but what is clear is that patients feel they were victimized as a result of negligence. A…
PH: PSA ends Teleserv deal over data breach complaints
Ben O. de Vera reports: The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) has terminated its agreement with online and phone services provider Pilipinas Teleserv Inc., which it blamed for two complaints of data privacy breach before the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC). Read more on Inquirer.net
Magecart gang arrested in Indonesia
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Interpol and Indonesian police have arrested three men on suspicion of being part of a cybercrime group engaged in Magecart attacks. […] The suspects were only identified by their initials: ANF (27 years), K (35 years), and N (23 years), from he regions of Jakarta and Yogyakarta. Read more on ZDNet.
Chasing Soccer’s Secrets, Hacker Found Those of Africa’s Richest Woman, Too
Tariq Panja reports: The Portuguese fan was looking for soccer’s secrets when he began hacking into the legal and financial networks supporting the game’s multibillion-dollar industry five years ago. For years, he plundered internal documents and secret agreements, unmasking questionable practices — and even criminality — by lawyers and players and teams, and then published…
H&M’s data leak in Germany “in legal examination”
Angela Gonzalez-Rodriguez reports: New York – Fashion retailer H&M (HMb.ST) said on Saturday that data security breaches found at its German unit were unacceptable and it was cooperating with the local data protection supervisory authority in its investigation into the matter. […] In October last year, the ‘Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung‘ reported that personal data of…
Royal Yachting Association Resets Passwords After Breach
Phil Muncaster reports: The Royal Yachting Association (RYA) is forcing a password reset for all online users after warning some that their data may have been compromised by a third party. The UK’s national body for all things nautical appears to have moved quickly in response to the discovery. Read more on InfoSecurity.