Cayman News Service reports: A police sergeant who was suspended from the RCIPS last year and a former employee of a local telecommunications company have both been summoned to appear in court next week in relation to a data breach investigated by the Office of the Ombudsman (OMB), the RCIPS has confirmed. The former telecoms…
Technion University hacked and locked; previously unknown attackers demand 80 BTC
The Technion, which is the Technology Institute of Israel, confirms it has been the victim of a ransomware attack by threat actors demanding 80 BTC ransom to unlock the data. According to the ransom note sent by attackers, the school’s network was locked. Their ransom note, first published by Erez Dasa on Telegram, begins: Dear…
Cybersecurity Incident Shuts Down Biglaw Network
Joe Patrice reports: On the plus side, the cybersecurity incident at Troutman Pepper does not appear to have compromised any client data. So, in a sense, the system worked. But as a damage recovery matter, leaving attorneys using personal email accounts and locally saved documents for over a day highlights that for all the talk…
Medical records for 4,158 Garrison Women’s Health patients lost due to attack on IT vendor
Fosters reports: Medical records of Garrison Women’s Health patients were recently “subject to unauthorized third-party activity,” according to information released Friday evening by Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. For 4,158 patients, data such as appointment records and some personal health information cannot be restored, according to Adam Bagni, spokesperson for the hospital. The hospital states “there is no evidence” the information…
Indian social media app Slick exposed childrens’ user data
Jagmeet Singh reports: Emerging Indian social media app Slick left an internal database containing users’ personal information, including data of school-going children, publicly exposed to the internet for months. Since at least December 11, a database containing full names, mobile numbers, dates of birth, and profile pictures of Slick users was left online without a password. Read…
Personal information exposed during breach in Edmonds School District’s network
Updated May 16: This incident was reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office as affecting 833 people. KOMO News reports: The Edmonds School District said a “data event” is to blame for the technical problems that left the Edmonds schools without internet for nearly two weeks. On Friday, Edmonds said an investigation by third-party forensic specialists…