Asha Barbaschow reports: Public Transport Victoria (PTV) has been found in breach of the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (PDP Act) by the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner (OVIC) for releasing data that exposed the travel history of 15,184,336 myki cards. The myki dataset contained a record of “touch on” and “touch off”…
Lazarus group behind recent cyberattack on South Africa – Kaspersky
Carin Smith reports: A recent cyberattack in which South Africa was apparently among 17 countries targeted by North Korean hackers, relates to the activity of the so-called Lazarus group, according to Dr Amin Hasbini, head of Kaspersky’s global research and analysis team for the Middle East, Turkey and Africa. Time reported on Tuesday that UN…
Healthcare entities continue to be targeted: eye care provider in Ohio hit with ransomware, dental practice in Minnesota reports cyberattack
I wonder if HHS will need to take on more staff to deal with all the HIPAA breaches being disclosed this year. In July alone, this blogger logged approximately 65 reports on my worksheet, although a number of them were all reporting on a few business associate breaches. In any event, there are a lot…
AZ: Camp Verde Unified School District hit with ransomware attack as school year starts
Jon Hecht reports: Camp Verde Unified School District had its first day on Monday, Aug. 5. In addition to the usual stress and confusion that can come with new students and a new school year, the district was plagued with a much more serious difficulty — their computer systems had been hacked. On Friday, July…
18,000 Valley View 365U students affected by Pearson breach
Add 18,000 Valley View District 365U students to those affected by the Pearson data breach. Read more on The Herald-News. The following notice is posted on the district’s web site: Notice to VVSD Community Regarding Pearson Clinical Assessment Data Breach VVSD Discontinued Use of Pearson Product in 2016 Valley View Public School District was recently…
Capital One hacker took data from more than 30 companies, new court docs reveal
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Paige A. Thompson, the hacker accused of breaching US bank Capital One, is also believed to have stolen data from more than 30 other companies, US prosecutors said in new court documents filed today and obtained by ZDNet. “The government’s investigation over the last two weeks has revealed that Thompson’s theft of…