Northwest Indian College describes itself as the only accredited tribal college serving the states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. This month, they joined the ranks of colleges hit by ransomware. As seen on their website, this July 11th notice: This week, the Northwest Indian College (NWIC) has been facing a cyberattack identified as the Ryuk…
Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website
Catalin Cimpanu reports: US mobile network operator Sprint said hackers broke into an unknown number of customer accounts via the Samsung.com “add a line” website. “On June 22, Sprint was informed of unauthorized access to your Sprint account using your account credentials via the Samsung.com ‘add a line’ website,” Sprint said in a letter it…
Hacker steals data of millions of Bulgarians, emails it to local media
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A mysterious hacker (or hacker group) has stolen the personal details of millions of Bulgarians and has emailed download links to the stolen data to local news publications. The data’s origin is believed to be the country’s National Revenue Agency (NRA), a department of the Bulgarian Ministry of Finance. In a message…
Lyon County School District hacked in latest cyber attack against local agencies
Jason Hidalgo reports: The Lyon County School District has joined the growing list of local agencies hit by hackers after a virus took down its systems earlier this month. Superintendent Wayne Workman confirmed to the Reno Gazette Journal on Monday afternoon that the school district is working to restore its systems after a virus made…
Hospital fined €460,000 for privacy breaches after Barbie case
DutchNews.nl reports: The Haga hospital in The Hague has been fined €460,000 for poor patient file security, after it emerged a tv reality soap star’s medical records had been accessed by dozens of unauthorised members of staff. The Dutch privacy watchdog Authoriteit Persoonsgegevens said its research showed patient records at the hospital are still not…
Singapore’s public sector to adopt new measures to tighten data security
Eileen Yu reports: Singapore’s government agencies will roll out several new “technical measures” for existing and new systems, including automated detection of emails containing sensitive data and stronger encryption for files. These are part of “interim” recommendations deemed necessary following a review of the public sector’s cybersecurity infrastructure and policies, which itself was carried out…