In an alert posted to its website, the American Land Title Association (ALTA) said it has been told of a breach within the title and settlement industry which revealed non-public personal information – a breach which might have come from more than one company. ALTA said its information technology department is examining the information provided…
St John Ambulance praised for response to ransomware attack
Warwick Ashford reports: St John Ambulance has reported that it was hit by a ransomware attack this week, but was able to isolate the attack and resolve it within half an hour. Fortunately, the ransomware did not affect operational systems, but blocked access to the charity’s booking system for training courses and encrypted customer data….
Telangana website leaking sensitive data of pensioners; official says it won’t be fixed until July 31
Soumyarendra Barik reports something that is somewhat… “mind-boggling:” Sensitive information, including bank account numbers, PAN numbers, PPO (pension payment order) IDs, tax-deductions and pension amounts of retired state government employees is being leaked on the Directorate of Treasuries and Accounts (DoTA) website, according to a New Indian Express report. Director of Treasuries and Accounts KSRC…
Border-surveillance subcontractor suspended after cyberattack
Breaches have consequences – sometimes. And so does copyright infringement or theft. On July 30, DataBreaches.net learned that a story it linked to on a site called darknetstats.com was not written by “C. Aliens” for darknetstats.com. As a a consequence, the original post here has been removed with an apology to C. Aliens. One other…
‘Silence’ hackers hit banks in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A group of hackers specialized in attacking banks has hit again, and this time they’ve breached four targets in Asia, respectively in Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, and Kyrgyzstan, security researchers from Group-IB have told ZDNet. The only incident that is currently public is one impacting Dutch Bangla Bank Limited, a bank in…
TN: Alive Hospice notifies patients or next of kin after discovering unauthorized access to an employee’s email account
NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — On or around May 6, 2019, Alive Hospice became aware of unusual activity related to an employee’s email account. Alive Hospice immediately took steps to respond to and investigate this activity and change the user’s password. Based on this review, Alive Hospice determined that an unauthorized individual(s) gained…