On February 16, 2021, Walmart was informed by one of its suppliers that a data hosting service they used was compromised on January 20, 2021. An unauthorized party accessed the service and stole records from that service provider. Some of those records included information about a confined number of Walmart pharmacy patients. Walmart’s information systems…
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The Jones Day dump contains prescription drug records. Who’s notifying those patients of the breach?
By now, many are aware that Jones Day, a giant law firm, had some of its files stolen due to vulnerabilities in the standalone file transfer administration system by Accellion. Jones Day is one of dozens of Accellion clients that have found themselves investigating and dealing with breaches affecting their businesses and clients. The Jones…
Fears grow data hacked from Reserve Bank may be leaked by CLOP ransomware group
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A ransomware gang appears to be releasing confidential data obtained from the hack of customers of US software company Accellion, raising fears that New Zealand banks may be next to have data exposed. The Reserve Bank admitted it had been subject to a serious data breach in January, which occurred when a…
Fr: The city of Chalon-sur-Saône victim of a cyberattack
Le Dauphine reports (translation): After the Villefranche-sur-Saône hospital or even the Dax hospital , it is the turn of the city and the agglomeration of Chalon-sur-Saône to be victims of a cyberattack. In the night from Saturday to Sunday, the computer systems were affected by “a crypto-virus”, told Frédéric Iacovella, director general of the services of the City and…
Jones Day disputes claimed breach; points to hacked vendor; hacker points back to them (UPDATE2)
Although Jones Day failed to respond to multiple inquiries sent to it by this site about a ransomware attack claimed by CLOP threat actors*, the giant law firm apparently responded to inquiries by the Wall Street Journal. Their statement, however, omits important information and has been disputed by the threat actors. WSJ reports, in part:…
Goodwin says vendor breach may have exposed client data (updated)
Sara Merken reports: Goodwin Procter experienced an indirect security breach involving a third-party vendor whose services the firm uses for large file transfers, according to an internal memo reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday. Goodwin’s investigation into the matter, which is still ongoing, revealed a “small percentage of our clients may have experienced unauthorized access to…