Zach Tate reports in the student newspaper of Southeast Missouri State University: On Oct. 4, an email including information from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences leaked private information about students, faculty and staff members to approximately 50 Southeast communication students. The email was sent with personally identifiable information (PII) to the communication students…
MO: Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Center discloses ransomware attack; some data not recovered
AP reports: Officials at a St. Louis health center that serves needy, uninsured residents says a cyber-attack has caused a data breach that potentially affected 152,000 people. The Betty Jean Kerr People’s Health Center said Friday that the attack involved patient information such as addresses and social security numbers, but no patient medical records. Information…
Adobe Exposed Data of More Than 7 Million Software Users
Nico Grant reports: Adobe Inc. exposed the data of 7.5 million of its creative-software customers, a person familiar with the matter said, in the latest example of a company leaving consumer information visible on the internet. Adobe addressed the vulnerability the same day it was discovered, Oct. 19, said the person, who asked not to…
Toronto needs to beef up cybersecurity to avoid ‘devastating’ data breach: auditor general
Lauren Pelley reports: Toronto’s auditor general is pushing the city to beef up cybersecurity to avoid a “devastating” data breach. In a report heading to council’s audit committee on Friday, Beverly Romeo-Beehler says the city needs to “strengthen” information technology and security controls, adding little has been done since she brought forward similar concerns three years ago….
CARFAX files lawsuit, alleging data theft
Auto Remarketing reports: According to a news release distributed on Thursday, CARFAX filed a complaint this month as a first step toward stopping businesses from illegally accessing its data. The suit was filed against Patrick K. Willis Company Inc., doing business as American Recovery Service (ARS). CARFAX said ARS is one of several companies that the…
MN: Thousands Potentially Affected in Pine County Data Breach
Joe Keyport reports: Pine County says that around 4,400 people may have their data breached after a county employee had their email account accessed by unauthorized personnel. The incident happened in June when the county’s payroll department received an email request to change the direct deposit for an employee’s paycheck, something that must be done…