BBC reports: A huge cyber-attack has knocked out more than 2,000 websites – as well as the national TV station – in the country of Georgia. Court websites containing case materials and personal data have also been attacked. In many cases, website home pages were replaced with an image of former President Mikheil Saakashvili, and…
Patient’s attorney files claim against SF over Laguna Honda abuse: ‘He’s angry. He wants answers’
Joshua Sabatini reports: A middle-aged, disabled man who is among a number of patients impacted by the abuse scandal at Laguna Honda Hospital is angry and wants answers, according to his attorney who has filed a legal claim against The City. “Having those answers is part of the healing process,” said the patient’s attorney, Sara Peters, with the law…
U.S. Food Chain Alerts Customers of Payment Card Incident
Sergiu Gatlan reports: U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Krystal disclosed a security incident involving one of is payment processing systems and affecting some of its restaurants between July and September 2019. […] Krystal says that “the security incident may have involved payment cards processed by a payment processing system used at certain restaurants” and that not…
Kroger reports ‘isolated incident’ involving pharmacy records
Jason Braverman reports: Kroger announced today that a box of pharmacy records was lost. They said in late July, a records management service, Retrievex, Inc., the company’s business associate, shipped a box of pharmacy records to the Woodstock Kroger via a third-party common carrier. Retrievex confirmed with the carrier that the box was lost in…
Ireland Issues Data Breach Notification Guidance
The Irish Data Protection Commission has issued guidance on data breach notification under GDPR. Attorneys at Fox Rothschild have prepared a summary that begins: Key takeaways: A personal data breach is a security incident that negatively impacts the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of personal data, with the consequence that the controller is unable to ensure…
Ontario Science Centre data breach exposes 174,000 names, email addresses
David Rider reports: A summertime data breach exposed the names and email addresses of 174,000 Ontario Science Centre members, donors and others including customers for camps and birthday parties, the Star has learned. Campaigner, a company that does email blasts for the provincially owned tourist attraction, informed the science centre on Aug. 16 that “someone…