Jonathan Greig reports: Prosecutors in Bosnia and Herzegovina are investigating a wide-ranging cyberattack that has crippled the operations of the country’s parliament. For nearly two weeks, the website for the country’s parliament has been down, and local news outlet Nezavisne spoke with several lawmakers who said they were told to not even turn on their computers, barring them from…
ClearBalance, Bricker & Eckler settle data breach lawsuits involving patient data
To follow up on two previously reported breaches involving protected health information, here are two class action settlements that involve business associates: CSI Financial Services aka ClearBalance In July 2021, DataBreaches reported a breach at CSI Financial Services, aka ClearBalance, a firm that services loans made by hospitals and providers to patients who need to…
NYSARC Columbia County Chapter discloses ransomware incident in July
From their press release, issued yesterday: On July 19, 2022, NYSARC Columbia County Chapter (“NYSARC”) detected irregular activity on their systems that was consistent with a typical ransomware attack. Out of an abundance of caution, NYSARC immediately began to remediate the situation including disconnecting systems, engaging data security and privacy experts, contacting law enforcement, and simultaneously beginning…
IHG hack: ‘Vindictive’ couple deleted hotel chain data for fun
Joe Tidy reports: Hackers have told the BBC they carried out a destructive cyber-attack against Holiday Inn owner Intercontinental Hotels Group (IHG) “for fun”. Describing themselves as a couple from Vietnam, they say they first tried a ransomware attack, then deleted large amounts of data when they were foiled. They accessed the FTSE 100 firm’s…
Starbucks Singapore hit by data breach affecting rewards program customers
CNA reports: Starbucks Singapore has been hit by a data breach affecting customers of its rewards membership programme. In an email sent to customers on Friday (Sep 16), Starbucks said it discovered “some unauthorised access” to user details such as name, gender, date of birth, mobile number, email address and residential address. Read more at…
Aeries Software settles claims over 2019 data breach
There’s an update to a 2019 data breach involving Aeries Software that impacted more than 150 school districts. Top Class Actions reports that Aeries has agreed to pay $1.75 million to resolve claims that the breach compromised personal information of San Dieguito Union High School students. The case is Gupta, et al. v. Aeries Software…