HERNDON, Va., July 13, 2022–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The K12 Security Information Exchange (K12 SIX) is pleased to release the second product in its series of free cybersecurity aids for U.S. school districts, charter schools, and private school institutions: an incident response template and runbook to assist in preparation for a cyber-attack. Aligned to the NIST Incident Response Lifecycle—and developed with…
Russian Ministry for Digital Development proposes turnover fines for data breaches
RAPSI News reports: The Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill on turnover-based fines for the personal data breach. This additional responsibility is to put business up to invest in the development of the information safety infrastructure and the personal data protection, a statement released on…
Why organizations should (and should not) worry about KillNet
Intel471 has an interesting blog post on KillNet, a group that has declared itself pro-Russian and has been attacking detractors or enemies of Russia. Since first emerging earlier this year, the group has grown into several divisions that have conducted their own attacks. The group continues to be very active recruiters; KillNet has posted messages…
Razer sues IT firm Capgemini for over US$7m, wants full compensation for data leak
Clement Ooi reports: The civil suit between local gaming products company Razer and IT solutions provider Capgemini began in Singapore’s High Court today (Jul 13) Last year, Razer discovered a cybersecurity breach that revealed that the personal information of about 100,000 Razer customers could have been exposed. While no sensitive data such as credit card…
Tenet Healthcare faces lawsuit after Baptist Health System data breach affects 1.2 million patients
Catherine Martin reports: A Texas man has filed a class-action lawsuit against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare and its affiliate Baptist Health System after the companies experienced a data breach this year that affected more than a million patients. The lawsuit was filed July 5 in Dallas County on behalf of Troy Contreras, one of about 1.2…
Tel Aviv municipality website targeted in latest Iraqi cyberattack against Israeli institutions
PressTV in Iraq reports: A group of hackers based in Iraq says they have managed to break into the Tel Aviv municipality website and take it down, a week after a similar cyberattack on Israeli NTA Metropolitan Mass Transit System Ltd., which is responsible for the design and construction of a mass transit system in…