Liam Tung reports: Taiwan-headquartered storage vendor Synology is warning users to strengthen the passwords to their network attached storage (NAS) after several devices — capable of storing terabytes of data — were encrypted by ransomware. NAS units used by home and small-business users are a juicy target for ransomware attackers, who know they’re packed with…
AU: National Australia Bank Says Data Breached on 13,000 Customers
Russell Ward reports: National Australia Bank Ltd. has begun contacting about 13,000 customers whose personal information was breached in violation of its data security policies. Data including names, dates of birth and contact details were uploaded to the servers of two data service companies without authorization, the Melbourne-based lender said Friday in a statement. Read…
CT: Schools Targeted by Hackers
Kristen Johnson reports: Three Connecticut schools have been targeted by ransomware attacks. In two of the cases student and staff information was accessed, though officials in those districts say there is no evidence that it was misused. Read more on NBC.
WA: Hospital still mum on ransomware attack
Springhill Medical Center isn’t the only hospital not revealing a lot about a ransomware attack. Doug Barker reports that Grays Harbor Community Hospital officials are keeping mum, too, allegedly based on advice they received. But they noted: “Nothing has changed in terms of patient care,” Bruce said. “We’re still seeing patients, surgeries are still going…
Springhill Medical Center victim of ransomware attack
Brad Gunther reports: Mobile Police have confirmed to NBC 15 that Springhill Medical Center has been the victim of a cyber-attack. For its part, the Alabama medical center has not been particularly forthcoming with details, although they did issue a statement on Tuesday, as reported by NBC: We’d like to assure our patients and the…
Brazilian banking users exposed by 250GB data leak
Angelica Mari reports: An unprotected server belonging to a Brazilian financial services provider has exposed a massive batch of data from customers of various local banks, security experts have found. The vulnerability has been detected by security researchers Data Group and the total file size of sensitive personal information available in the public domain is…