Laura Douglass reports: A computer malware virus that has devastated a number of businesses across the globe has been disrupting operations the last several days at FirstHealth of the Carolinas and a number of doctors’ offices across the Sandhills. The malware virus was detected in the organization’s computer network midday Tuesday and the system has…
Computer hacking victims to receive up to £6,000 compensation for ‘distress’ caused by cyber crime, under new plans
Not the most technical/legal explanation of the new EU regs, but this Daily Mail piece by Ben Ellery does convey some of what is concerning businesses: Computer hacking victims will be able to claim thousands of pounds in compensation under new laws – even if they do not lose any money. The ‘distress’ they suffer…
PH: Privacy watchdog ‘monitoring 24/7’ COL Financial’s data hack probe
Five days to issue a comprehensive report? Imagine if that happened here…. Daxim L. Lucas reports: The government’s privacy watchdog said on Sunday that it was closely monitoring the “possible personal data breach” on the country’s largest online stock brokerage firm, which has almost a quarter of a million clients trading shares its internet-based trading…
Cyber hackers target Spain’s top court as Catalonia’s leader is threatened with 30 years in prison if he declares independence
Hacktivism is alive and well in Spain. Joshua Taylor reports: Spain’s most senior court fell victim to a massive cyber attack as hackers launched an “Operation Free Catalonia” campaign. The country’s constitutional court said unknown hackers had accessed its computer systems on Friday. The Spanish National Security Department said the hack was part of a…
Carolina Oncology Specialists notifies 1,551 patients of possible breach
This notice on Carolina Oncology Specialists‘ web site, linked prominently from their home page, is a bit different than what we usually read: We want to make you aware of a situation we are working with local authorities to investigate. We received several credit card applications addressed to three of our patients with our street…
Kromtech Security Center Releases Tool to Identify and Prevent Data Leaks for Amazon S3 Users
Since 2015, this site has been reporting on data leaks due to misconfigured databases or devices that are indexed on shodan.io or other specialized search engines. Many of the leaks I have reported on involve AWS S3 buckets. And despite the fact that Amazon has issued reminders and guidance to its customers about securing buckets,…