James T. Mulder reports: The Syracuse City School District expects to pay a $50,000 insurance deductible to restore its computer system which was hit by a ransomware attack more than two weeks ago. The district did not say if the insurance carrier paid a ransom to attackers. The insurance carrier, who the district did not…
Hackers attack Cabarrus, Anson, Lincoln County websites, computers
WCNC reports: Overnight separate attacks began impacting the web pages and servers of at least three agencies. As of 5 p.m. Friday, some agencies had restored their services while others were still offline. The hackers targeted the City of Concord, Anson County, and the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. The hackers did not get their hands…
Attackers Break Into Home of Investigative Journalist, Kill Her Dogs and Steal Her Reporting Records
Chantal Da Silva reports: The Committee to Protect Journalists is calling on Mexican authorities to “immediately and credibly” investigate an attack on a nationally-renowned investigative journalist’s home that saw her two dogs killed and her reporting records stolen. According to the CPJ, a number of unidentified individuals broke into investigative reporter Lydia Cacho Ribeiro’s home…
UK: MoD reports number of computers and documents lost has trebled in last year
Keir Mudie reports: The number of computers and documents lost from secure government sites has almost trebled in the last year. Data breaches leapt from 117 to 463 and missing electronic devices or paper documents rose to 62 from 22 the year before, an official Ministry of Defence report revealed. It pointed out new rules mean more…
New York Becomes Fifth State to Define a Breach to Include “Access” to Information
Daniel De Zayas, a legal intern at ZwillGen, writes: New York has updated its breach notification and data security law, expanding the definition of a data breach and imposing detailed reasonable security requirements, among other changes. The amendment also adds a number of new data elements to the definition of “private information.” On July 25,…
Ca: ‘We feel terrible’: Vancouver tour company apologizes as privacy commissioner looks into breach
Penny Daflos reports: A tour company that organizes school field trips for B.C. students is apologizing for dumping personal information in the recycling bin of a sorting room where hundreds of Yaletown residents and others had access. Peter Meiszner, who lives in the residential area of the mixed-use building on Cambie Street, was stunned to…