Justin reports: I was searching Shodan yet again when I discovered an ElasticSearch database without any authentication. The data contained within this database was related to the internal network and computers of Honda Motor Company. The information available in the database appeared to be something like a inventory of all Honda internal machines. This included…
Seattle woman charged in Capital One breach may have data from other companies
Mike Snider reports: A Seattle woman who is charged with taking data on more than 100 million customers from Capital One is reportedly a former Amazon Web Services systems engineer who may have accessed data from more companies. Read more on USA Today.
How 4 IT technicians saved an Arizona hospital from ransomware
Jeanette Hinkle of the Arizona Republic reports: Mike Nelson often comes to work early, around 6 a.m., so it was Nelson who first discovered the message. Nelson, an information-technology technician for Wickenburg Community Hospital, found it glowing on a computer screen in the emergency department. In Times New Roman font was the word “Ryuk.” In the bottom left corner of the…
IT experts from Dallas, Bowling Green assist DCPL with ongoing ransomware attack
This report was filed by Katie Pickens late Monday night: Daviess County Public Library is still experiencing the effects of a ransomware attack that first targeted the facility in April. The ransomware attack has limited access to some of DCPL’s computers at least twice in three months because the original issue was not fully resolved….
Hellenic Data Protection Authority fines Price Waterhouse Coopers 150K for employees’ data breach
The Hellenic Data Protection Authority imposed a 150,000 euros fine on Price Waterhouse Coopers Business SA (PWC BS) for the illegal processing of personal data of its employees, was reported on Tuesday, as per the general regulation for data protection. Read more on amna.gr A copy of the full decision (in English) appears below:
Poor children’s details leaked due to Glasgow City council ‘procedural error’
Hannah Rodger reports: Low income families who applied for help to buy school uniforms have had their children’s details and personal information leaked by a local authority. More than 30 people who applied to Glasgow City council for it’s school clothing grant have had their full applications sent to third parties. Children’s’ names, which school…