Catalin Cimpanu reports: Over 20,000 Chinese users have had their Windows PCs infected with a new strain of ransomware that encrypts their files and demands a 110 yuan (~$16) ransom. The ransomware is exclusively targeting the Chinese internet space, and there’s no threat to international users, at least yet. Read more on ZDNet.
Medical Informatics sued by multiple states over 2015 breach
A 2015 hack of Medical Informatics stayed in the headlines for quite a while because it compromised the data, including health information, of 3.9 million people. In addition to suits filed by consumers, state attorneys general have also sued the business associate, as Dave Gong reports: Fort Wayne-based Medical Informatics Engineering Inc. failed to secure…
Caribbean Island Properties “pillaged” by TheDarkOverlord
In recent months, we’ve seen the return of threat actors calling themselves TheDarkOverlord (TDO), although some sources have speculated that arrests announced in May may have damaged the group. As some journalists and others have noted in conversations, certainly this incarnation of TDO does not seem to know of some events or statements they’ve made…
AU: Commonwealth Bank customers’ medical data exposed in potential privacy breach
Dan Oakes reports: The Commonwealth Bank is urgently investigating a potential data breach that may have given its staff access to customers’ sensitive medical information. The issue was discovered around late July as the bank made preparations for the $3.8 billion sale of its insurance arm, CommInsure, to the AIA group. Medical information supplied by…
Technic forums breach
Technic forums database breach, as posted tonight on their blog: If you have an account on our forums or wiki, and are using your password somewhere else, change it immediately. You should still be fine, but this is a necessary precaution. Our forums and wiki got compromised by an unknown third-party. On Friday a user…
A popular Q&A website says hackers stole information on 100 million users
Saheli Roy Choudhury reports: Quora, the popular question-and-answer website, said Monday evening that hackers broke into one of its systems and compromised information from approximately 100 million users. CEO Adam D’Angelo said in a blog post the company discovered last week that a malicious third party had gained unauthorized access to one of its systems….