Jan Vermeulen reports: The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) has shut down its IT systems following a breach over the weekend. Its emails, website, and system for retrieving and storing patients’ lab test results are offline. Based on a memo from NHLS chief executive officer Prof Koleka Mlisana, the intrusion caused damage, suggesting the NHLS…
CDK Global hacked again while recovering from first cyberattack
Lawrence Abrams reports: Car dealership SaaS platform CDK Global suffered an additional breach Wednesday night as it was starting to restore systems shut down in an previous cyberattack. CDK Global is a software-as-a-service platform that provides a full suite of applications to handle a car dealership’s operation, including sales, back office, financing, inventory, and service…
Jollibee Group probes data breach
Jose Rodel Clapano and Richmond Mercurio report: The Jollibee Group has begun an investigation into a cybersecurity incident that may have compromised the records of millions of customers. In a statement, the Jollibee Group emphasized its e-commerce platforms are unaffected and remain operational. […] Other brands under Jollibee Food Corp. are Greenwich, Red Ribbon, Burger…
Los Angeles USD confirms data stolen from a vendor (1)
On June 6, an individual calling themself “Satanic,” listed data for sale that was allegedly from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The listing, seeking $5,000.00 claimed to include 24 million student records and additional records from employees. At the time, DataBreaches did not post anything about the listing because inspection of the sample data…
Patients at Ascension hospital network given dangerous doses of narcotics after disastrous cyberattack
Alexa Lardieri reports: A cyberattack on a major American hospital system has caused dangerous medication mix ups including patients administered narcotics by mistake, leading to an admission to intensive care for life-threatening breathing difficulties. In another case, a female patient suffered a cardiac arrest and died after data mishaps delayed test results that would determine her…
Hacker Leaks Data of 33,000 Accenture Employees in Third-Party Breach (1)
Update: Accenture has questioned the truthfulness of the claims. See their statement below the original post. Waqas writes: A hacker is claiming to have extracted contact details of 33,000 current and former employees of the IT giant Accenture in a breach that involves a third-party firm. A hacker known as “888” has recently leaked a…