FE Digital Currency reports: South Korea’s Financial Services Commission (FSC) has reported 16 foreign crypto exchanges to investigative agencies for violating the Specific Financial Information Act, Cryptoslate reported quoting news1. As per the report, the 16 companies have reportedly been offering crypto services to Koreans and conducting events geared toward Koreans despite the law prohibiting…
WA: W-2 wage information of Kent city employees ‘inadvertently disclosed’ | Update
Steve Hunter reports: A city of Kent staff member “inadvertently disclosed to (another city) employee a file containing the 2020 W-2 Wage and Tax Statement information for all city employees,” according to an email sent by Chief Administrative Officer Pat Fitzpatrick to city employees. In the Friday, Aug. 19 email, Fitzpatrick said he was writing…
Essonne: a hospital center targeted by a cyberattack, its services severely disrupted
The following is a machine translation: The South Francilien Hospital Center (CHSF) in Corbeil-Essonnes is the victim of a computer attack which began in the night from Saturday to Sunday around 1 a.m., seriously disrupting its activity, according to a press release from the establishment. Some patients are notably redirected to public hospitals in Île-de-France….
Always at risk of DDoS, LockBit finds itself under greater attack after announcing Entrust attack
First LockBit claimed that they had successfully attacked security firm Entrust and would be leaking their files if their demands (financial) were not met. Bleeping Computer broke the story in June and then updated it. Then some person or persons decided to make it harder for LockBit to leak the data on their leak site….
How many breaches has Overlake Medical Center & Clinics experienced in the past few years?
In February 2020, Overlake Medical Center and Clinics in Washington State reported a phishing incident in December 2019. More than 109,200 patients were reportedly affected. HHS investigated the incident and wrote a closing note in the file: Overlake Medical Center and Clinics, the covered entity (CE), reported that multiple employees were the victims of an…
Hacker accesses injured workers’ personal info in cyberattack on North Dakota agency
It’s not often we see a breach report from North Dakota. Forum reports: The North Dakota Workforce Safety & Insurance agency was a victim of a cybersecurity attack on June 28 that involved personal data, according to a statement released by WSI on Friday, Aug. 19. According to the statement: A Workforce Safety & Insurance…