Emma Woollacott reports: Swiss events organizer and marketing company MCH Group was hit by a malware attack on Wednesday (October 20), and says it is working to get systems up and running again. The company has more than 700 employees and runs around 90 exhibitions, including the Art Basel shows in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong,…
Tech Etch notifying employees of August ransomware incident
Today’s reminder that a business may also have a health plan for employees with protected health information. PLYMOUTH, Mass., Oct. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Tech Etch, a trusted provider of critical components specializing in manufacturing precision-engineered thin metal components, flexible printed circuits, and EMI/RFI shielding, announced today that it will begin notifying current and former employees whose information…
SIAE (Italian Society of Authors and Publishers) hit by ransomware; threat actors claim they were in the network for 6 months
If you are interested in ransomware attacks or other attacks on Italian entities, you should bookmark SuspectFile.com. Marco A. De Felice generally publishes in Italian, but machine translations are usually very clear — and if there is something you don’t understand, Marco is happy to explain how things work in Italy if you hit him…
Waikato DHB failed OIA requirements over cyber security breach – Ombudsman
Natalie Akoorie reports: A district health board has failed to meet its requirements under the Official Information Act, prompting intervention from the Chief Ombudsman. Waikato District Health Board largely ignored a series of questions from Local Democracy Reporting in June regarding the cyber security breach that paralysed the DHB in May, forcing the postponement of surgeries…
Phoenix Children’s Hospital sends email identifying unvaccinated employees
Kim Powell reports: Phoenix Children’s sent an email to nearly 370 employees, identifying them as exempt from the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “Wow, what pretty flagrant violation of the law. It’s impressive for how clear-cut it is,” said Alexander Kolodin, an attorney hired by a nurse on the email. “This is something that should never…
Facebook sues Ukrainian who scraped the data of 178 million users
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Facebook has filed a lawsuit on Friday against a Ukrainian national for allegedly scraping its website and selling the personal data of more than 178 million users on an underground cybercrime forum. According to court documents filed today, the man was identified as Alexander Alexandrovich Solonchenko, a resident of Kirovograd, Ukraine. Facebook alleges that Solonchenko…