Jacob Paul reports: The cyber attackers allegedly behind a hack on the Co-op have bragged about vast scale of their attack, forcing the supermarket chain to row back on claims it suffered a “small impact”. DragonForce, the criminal group claiming responsibility, has alleged it managed to infiltrate IT networks and steal 20 million customer’s data….
Qilin announces attack on Cobb County, Georgia
On May 1, Qilin added Cobb County, Georgia to its dark web leak site. The ransomware gang claims to have acquired 150 GB of data and more than 400,000 files. They provided 16 image files as proof of their claims. Qilin threatens to release the data on May 3 if no payment is received. Because…
Saskatoon children’s hospital nurse unlawfully snooped on records of 314 patients: privacy report
Brandon Harder provides this morning’s reminder of the insider threat: Without legal authority, a nurse who worked at Saskatoon’s Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital snooped on the private medical records of 314 patients, according to a recent report. The report, dated April 23 and signed by Saskatchewan Information and Privacy Commissioner Ronald J. Kruzeniski, states that…
Dating app Raw exposed users’ location data and personal information
Zack Whittaker reports: A security lapse at dating app Raw publicly exposed the personal data and private location data of its users, TechCrunch has found. The exposed data included users’ display names, dates of birth, dating and sexual preferences associated with the Raw app, as well as users’ location. Some of the location data included…
Hacker hired Telangana man to courier threats to Star Health Insurance MD
Siddharth Prabhakar reports: CHENNAI: The case of breach of data of 3.1 crore customers of the Chennai-headquartered Star Health Insurance has taken a fresh turn with its MD Anand Roy, his wife Akhila Shetty Roy and CFO Nilesh Kambli allegedly getting threat messages delivered via courier from Hyderabad. A probe by the TN cyber crime…
Acadian Ambulance Seeks Dismissal of Data Breach Lawsuit
Stephen Marcantel reports that Acadian Ambulance is seeking dismissal of a class-action lawsuit stemming from a ransomware attack in 2024 by Daixin Team. Acadian is claiming there is no proof that any patient has experienced any actual harm from the breach. The lawsuit, which was consolidated from 10 other class actions, claims that the July…