Here’s another k-12 data security incident that does not appear to have made news or to have been revealed on a school district’s website (at least as far as DataBreaches.net can determine): On behalf of Spotswood Public Schools in New Jersey, Baker & Hostetler notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that Spotswood experienced a ransomware…
Episcopal Retirement Services suffered two ransomware attacks in a one-month period
It’s bad enough experiencing one ransomware attack. Imagine experiencing two, because that’s what Episcopal Retirement Services (ERS) in Ohio has been dealing with. On or about September 24, ERS discovered that i had been the victim of what it describes as a cyberattack that impacted its systems and servers. Then on October 22, they experienced…
US regulators order banks to report cyberattacks within 36 hours
Sergiu Gatlan reports: US federal bank regulatory agencies have approved a new rule ordering banks to notify their primary federal regulators of significant computer-security incidents within 36 hours. Banks are only required to report major cyberattacks if they have or will likely impact their operations, the ability to deliver banking products and services, or the…
California Pizza Kitchen spills over 100,000 employee Social Security numbers
Carly Page reports: California Pizza Kitchen (CPK) has revealed a data breach that exposed the Social Security numbers of more than 100,000 current and former employees. The U.S. pizza chain, which has more than 250 locations across 32 states, confirmed the incident in a data breach notification posted this week. The company said it learned of a…
Six million Sky routers exposed to takeover attacks for 17 months
Bill Toulas reports: Around six million Sky Broadband customer routers in the UK were affected by a critical vulnerability that took over 17 months to roll out a fix to customers. The disclosed vulnerability is a DNS rebinding flaw that threat actors could easily exploit if the user had not changed the default admin password, or a threat…
Indonesia probe police hack in latest cyber breach
Stanley Widianto reports: Indonesian police are investigating claims by a hacker who said this week they have stolen personal data of thousands of police officers, the latest in a spate of cyber attacks that has highlighted the country’s digital vulnerabilities. Using a now suspended Twitter handle, a hacker who said they were from Brazil claimed…