UPDATE: As of January 24, CoPilot continues to ignore inquiries sent by this site asking for explanations of why it took so long to notify/disclose this breach. But I see a lot of commenters asking this site/me for information. I don’t have any information to share with you other than what is in the post…
Translation company leaks personal data of employees, customers, and many other private documents online
Zack Whittaker reports: A California-based translation and interpreter company has confirmed a massive data exposure, which if abused could have let hackers raid the company’s systems and email accounts, and ransack other sensitive corporate and financial information. What happened? Blame an unprotected backup drive spilling thousands of files onto the internet. […] The drive belongs…
St. Louis’ public library computers hacked for ransom
WTAE reports: Hackers have infected every public computer in the St. Louis Public Library system, stopping all book borrowing and cutting off internet access to those who rely on it for computers. […] According to the library, hackers demanded $35,000 in the electronic currency Bitcoin — but the library refuses to pay. Instead, it’ll wipe…
PII Training Required for Government Contractors, Effective Jan. 19
Christian B. Nagel, Todd R. Steggerda, Ronald L. Fouse, David G. Dargatis, and Edwin O. Childs of McGuireWoods LLP write: Beginning January 19, federal government contracts will contain additional training requirements for contractors who deal with personally identifiable information (PII) or with a system of records. Affected contractors must provide privacy training to their employees,…
University of Iowa suspects grade tampering reason for HawkID security breach
Vanessa Miller reports: The University of Iowa is investigating a “handful” of possible cases of cheating — and warning the entire campus community to change their HawkID passwords — after a faculty member discovered a student’s grade had been changed without authorization. A university official confirmed the investigation Thursday after UI Chief Information Security Officer…
Passwords of top Trump appointees leaked online after earlier data breaches: Report
Andrew Blake reports: Incoming cybersecurity advisor Rudy Giuliani and more than a dozen other members of President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet have had their internet passwords compromised during the last several years as the result of large-scale data breaches, according to a new report. Log-in credentials for internet accounts registered in the name of Mr. Giuliani and…