Canadian Press reports: A Manitoba-based insurance and financial brokerage that has clients across the Prairies has been hit by a ransomware attack that it hadn’t publicly disclosed. Andrew Agencies, based in Virden, appears on a list of targets published online this week by an international cybercriminal gang. Read more on CHVN.
AU: Nine more charges for NSW data breach accused
Steven Trask reports: The Sydney IT contractor allegedly responsible for a massive data breach that cost an ASX-listed property evaluation company more than $8 million is now facing additional charges. Stephen Grant allegedly accessed and published more than 170,000 data sets including names, addresses, contact numbers, property valuations and driver’s licences between September 2017 and…
Honda North America responds quickly to notification of a leak
Bob Diachenko reports that he found an ElasticSearch instance that was exposing customers of Honda North America. On December 11th, 2019, I have identified an open and unprotected Elasticsearch cluster with 976 millions of records which appeared to be part of Honda North America infrastructure, exposed online to anyone with a web browser. Of note, Honda…
Nathan Wyatt, aka “Crafty Cockney” of thedarkoverlord, now on U.S. soil to stand trial in St. Louis
I’ve reported on Nathan Wyatt a number of times, including the extradition request by the U.S., his appeal, and his failure to win his appeal of the extradition order. So we knew this was coming, but let’s start with a recap of the charges he’s facing: One count of conspiracy against the U.S. (18 USC…
CMS Blue Button API Coding Error Potentially Exposes Health Data
Jessica Davis reports: December 18, 2019 – The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has taken its Blue Button 2.0 API offline, as it investigates a coding error that potentially exposed the protected health information of about 10,000 beneficiaries. The BB2.0 platform is used by Medicare beneficiaries to authorize third-party applications to access their Medicare claims data. The system…
Yerington Paiute Tribe hacked in cyber attack
Amy Alonso reports: The Yerington Paiute Tribe has been hit by a Ransomware virus. The tribe was hit by the virus Dec. 10. Negotiations and underway and there is no target date for the release of the tribe’s system, according to Tribal Chairwoman Laurie Thom. All tribal programs, administration and clinic networks are locked out…