The Korea Herald reports: A ransomware attack resembling WannaCry’s malicious code has attacked South Korean tech giant LG Electronics’ service centers. LG Electronics’ service centers were attacked by ransomware this week, with the malicious code used possibly identical to the WannaCry ransomware attack, one of the largest cyberattacks that struck in May, according to security…
Another rough week for HBO as hackers and mistakes result in more leaks
Ugh. Because I’ve been mostly offline, I missed a narrow window during which the HBO hackers’ newest data leak – which they call “wave 4” – was available online yesterday to selected journalists. By the time I got the hackers’ notification, the data dump had been removed. The email notification with the link to the…
US Voting Machine Supplier Leaks 1.8 Million Chicago Voter Records
Dell Cameron reports: A leading US supplier of voting machines confirmed on Thursday that it exposed the personal information of more than 1.8 million Illinois residents. State authorities and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were alerted this week to a major data leak exposing the names, addresses, dates of birth, partial Social Security numbers, and…
OSHA Suspends ITA Due to Security Breach
Tressi L. Cordaro of Jackson Lewis writes: On Monday we blogged about the availability of the new OSHA Injury Tracking Application (“ITA”) that serves as the web portal for the submission of injury and illness information (300 Logs, 301 Forms and 300A Forms) under OSHA’s “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses” rule (aka Electronic Recordkeeping…
MN: Error exposes private info on thousands of South Wash. Co. students
Solvejg Wastvedt reports: Leaders of the South Washington County Schools apologized Thursday for a massive, accidental release of private student information sent out in an email attachment Wednesday from the district’s transportation department. The attachment contains names, grades, identification numbers, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, bus routes, pick up and drop off times, pick…
Google awards student $10k for discovery of App Engine data leak flaw
Charlie Osborne reports: Google has awarded $10,000 to a high school student for the discovery of a bug in Google’s App Engine server which could lead to information disclosure. This week, Ezequiel Pereira said in a blog post that he went bug hunting on July 11 simply due to boredom, and after several failed attempts,…