Tevye Markson reports: The Government Legal Department has launched an investigation after a data leak in which the names of civil servants claiming expenses was published online. Documents showing officials’ names were published on GOV.UK accidentally and stayed up for a week. The dossier showed credit-card spend at the department of more than £500 between…
Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies
By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business Portraits by Sarah Silbiger for CNN Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive…
Today’s reminder to read email alerts and acknowledge them…
Yesterday, Chum1ng0 spotted a forum listing that affects a regional office in the Illinois k-12 education system. DataBreaches reached out to that regional office by email yesterday morning to alert them. Emails were sent to multiple people, including the Superintendent and head of IT. The emails provided them with specific information from the listing. Did…
Transparency #FAIL: Why won’t Anthem/Elevance Health answer a simple question about breaches?
A DataBreaches opinion piece. You might think a giant insurer like Anthem, which has experienced at least several breaches over the years — including one of the most significant breaches ever — would understand the importance of transparency by now. Apparently not. On May 24, Anthem (now known as Elevance Health) posted a notice on…
UK: Major city car dealership hit by huge data theft cyber attack in July
Laura Watson reports: A Stoke-on-Trent car dealership which boasts more than 10,000 ‘satisfied customers’ has been hit by a major cyber attack. Holdcroft Motor Group, in Leek Road, Hanley, was targeted by hackers who are believed to have stolen years’ worth of data. StokeonTrentLive understands that the firm was hit with a demand for substantial…
MD: Onyx Technology alerts clients and patients of ransomware incident
On August 12, Onyx Technology of Maryland began notifying regulators and others about a ransomware attack they experienced. According to their notification to the Montana Attorney General’s Office on behalf of Independent Care Health Plan (iCare), they discovered the attack on June 28. Their investigation subsequently found that “a server may have been removed or…