Recent decisions by the Data Protection Commissioner of Singapore include the following: Directions were issued to Crawfort Pte to conduct a security audit of its technical and administrative arrangements for its AWS S3 environment and rectify any security gaps identified in the audit report. This is pursuant to a data breach incident where Crawfort’s customer…
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Rhode Island sewer-system operator hit by cyber attack
Paul Edward Parker reports: The Narragansett Bay Commission, which runs sewer systems in parts of the metropolitan Providence and Blackstone Valley areas, was hit by a ransomware attack on its computer systems. […] “Last week, the Narragansett Bay Commission identified a cybersecurity incident that involved the encryption of data on certain computers and systems in its…
Federal Court Dismisses Colonial Pipeline Cybersecurity Litigation
Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs writes: Recently a federal court dismissed cybersecurity litigation brought in the wake of the May 2021 Colonial Pipeline Ransomware attack. Ramon Dickerson et al. v. Colonial Pipeline Co. et al., No. 1:21-CV-02098 (N.D. Ga. Jun. 17, 2022). Based on the attenuated theories of liability Plaintiffs sought to advance in this…
Why organizations should (and should not) worry about KillNet
Intel471 has an interesting blog post on KillNet, a group that has declared itself pro-Russian and has been attacking detractors or enemies of Russia. Since first emerging earlier this year, the group has grown into several divisions that have conducted their own attacks. The group continues to be very active recruiters; KillNet has posted messages…
Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC discloses vendor breach. Can you guess which vendor?
One of the breach notices that showed up in routine searches this morning was from Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC (“AEC”). The first sentence of the notification letter was: We are contacting you to inform you of a data incident experienced by a third-party vendor for Associated Eye Care Partners, LLC (“AEC”). My mind…
Bits ‘n pieces, Saturday edition
The following are four more incident reports DataBreaches has noted. It is not yet clear whether some of them involve patient data or not. CAROLINA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ALLIANCE in North Carolina has been notifying law enforcement, state regulators, and patients about a ransomware attack they detected on March 20, the day after it began. Covered…