For the past few years, DataBreaches has called out victims of cyberattacks who do not fully disclose how bad a breach was. Weasel words such as something “may have” happened when a victim knows damned well that it wasn’t just “may have” but did happen are just one example. Another example involves victims who claim…
Landmark U.S.-UK Data Access Agreement Enters into Force
The Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime (“Data Access Agreement” or “Agreement”) entered into force today. The Agreement is authorized by the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use…
VT: Randolph-area school district disables its own website following transphobic hack
Auditi Guha reports: The Orange Southwest Supervisory District’s website was hacked Saturday and inundated with “hate speech, symbols, and photographs targeting transgender invidividuals [sic],” superintendent Layne Millington wrote community members on Saturday. The incident prompted district leaders to disable its website and social media accounts, Millington wrote, and to refer the matter to local…
Thailand’s THE ICON GROUP hacked by DESORDEN
DESORDEN Group’s attacks on ASEAN businesses continue. This week, they disclosed a hack of The Icon Group in Thailand. In a statement on a popular hacking forum, DESORDEN writes: This data breach involved 161 GB of databases and files, including personal information of 264,128 customers, with their full name, ID card number, bank account…
Robinhood data breach class action settlement
Top Class Actions reports that the Robinhood investment platform has agreed to settle litigation stemming from an incident in 2020 that resulted in some customers having their accounts taken over. According to a data breach class action lawsuit, Robinhood failed to respond adequately to the data breach. Because the company had no phone number listed…
Electricity Company of Ghana systems hacked with ransomware – Sources
Ghana Business News reports: For about five days now some customers of the largest electricity seller in the country, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have been unable to buy power and others have had their power off for days without respite, because some sections of the company’s systems have been hacked, ghanabusinessnews.com has been told…