Jason Braverman reports: The City of Newnan recently experienced a data breach where an “unauthorized individual” was in possession of electronic files containing data maintained by the city, including personal information, the city told 11Alive. On Sept. 4, the city learned of the data breach regarding files that contained vehicle accident report data from approximately…
Ransomware Writes Drama at Shakespeare Theatre
Lawrence Abrams reports: A ransomware attack over the weekend has taken down the ticketing system and patron database for the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey and has also affected at least one other organization in the Madison area. This could not come at a worse time for the Theatre as they were getting ready to begin their…
RI: East Greenwich town computers fall victim to ‘ransomware’ attack
WPRI reports: A cyber attack has knocked out some parts of the town computer network in East Greenwich, according to Town Manager Andrew Nota. It happened at the end of the workday Thursday. Read more on WPRI.
It’s not just state actors going after automotive companies: “DarkSly” claims hacks of Hyundai and Jaguar/LandRover
On December 6, Catalin Cimpanu of ZDNet reported that both BMW and Hyundai had reportedly been hacked. His report was based on reporting by Von Hakan Tanriverdi and Josef Streule that had been published on both BR.de and taggeschau.de. Their report was light on details, though, and neither BMW nor Hyundai would comment. to them…
NSW Ambulance expected to settle data breach class action
Samira Sarraf reports: A settlement is expected to be reached in a class action brought against the NSW Ambulance Service relating to sensitive health and personal information that was illegally sold by a contractor. Centennial Lawyers filed a class action in the Supreme Court of NSW on 20 November 2017 on behalf of all NSW…
Sunapee school stands up to ransomware goons
Damien Fisher reports: The Wi-Fi service got restarted last week at Sunapee Middle High School, eight weeks after a ransomware attack took out the school’s data. The October attack was discovered first by the district’s technology team when it was determined that all of the data was encrypted, said Superintendent Russell Holden. With a lot…