Jordan Crook reports: On Sept. 3, at approximately 3:15 a.m., the Hoopeston Area School District website was hacked with pictures and repeated emergency callout messages to district families. Superintendent Suzzette Hesser reports that the website is now secured and the website address of the person causing the disruption is being investigated. Read more on Hoopeston…
C&A suffers data leak in Brazil
Angelica Mari reports: The Brazilian operation of international fashion retail clothing chain C&A has confirmed a cyberattack to its gift card platform. Data from customers who purchased gift cards was leaked such as ID numbers and email addresses, in addition to information including the amount loaded into the cards, order number and data of purchase….
ZA: Hackers did not compromise our servers – Department of Labour
My Broadband reports: The Department of Labour has issued a statement confirming there was a recent attempted cyberattack on its website. The attack took place over the weekend, and the department’s IT unit confirmed it was a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack – aimed at one of the department’s public-facing servers. Read more on…
Premera Blue Cross accused of destroying evidence in data breach lawsuit
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The plaintiffs of a class-action lawsuit against health insurance provider Premera Blue Cross are accusing the organization of “willfully destroying” evidence that was crucial for establishing accurate details in a security breach incident. In court documents filed last week obtained by ZDNet, plaintiffs claim that Premera intentionally destroyed a computer that was…
Hundreds of private medical documents scattered on Albuquerque street
Brittany Bade reports: At first glance, it just looked like a lot of litter lining the street, but when concerned citizens stopped to look, they realized these discarded papers hold information no one would want out in the open. “I’m floored. I don’t even know yet how I feel,” said a patient named Renee. Renee…
Coweta County, Ga., Largely Restores Servers Following Ransomware Attack
Raisa Habersham of AJC reports: Coweta County, Ga., has restored most of its computer servers, nearly two weeks after hackers demanded $341,000 in bitcoins in the latest ransomware attack to impact metro Atlanta government. The county’s information technology servers were compromised about 6:30 a.m. Aug. 19, limiting access to tags, courts and other services, officials…