Slightly more than one year after it managed to avoid an investigation by the ICO over its data protection practices, the University of Hertfordshire joined the ranks of the many educational institutions crippled by a ransomware attack. The attack reportedly occurred on April 14, and was reported on April 15. As of today, the university…
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Ca: Sarnia IC apologizes for privacy breach, says he won’t resign
Oh, oops! Cathy Dobson reports: Sarnia Integrity Commissioner Paul Watson has apologized for publicly displaying confidential information during a Zoom presentation to city council Monday. “I am a 60-year-old trying to use technology during a pandemic and I made an unfortunate mistake,” said Watson. “I’m very sad about it and sorry for those individuals whose…
European e-ticketing platform Ticketcounter extorted in data breach
Lawrence Abrams reports: A Dutch e-Ticketing platform has suffered a data breach after a user database containing 1.9 million unique email addresses was stolen from an unsecured staging server. Ticketcounter is a Dutch e-Ticketing platform that allows clients, such as zoos, parks, museums, and events, to provide online tickets to their venue. Read more on…
Company that Provides Travel Emergency Services Settles FTC Allegations it Failed to Secure Sensitive Consumer Data
It feels like it’s been a while since we’ve seen an FTC data security case (well, apart from Zoom’s issues). Today, FTC issued a press release about a settlement stemming from SkyMed International’s misconfigured elastic search instance that exposed more than 130,000 people’s information. The exposed data were discovered by Jeremiah Fowler and reported in…
Picture of man’s genitalia shows up on screen during virtual class for students in Virginia Beach
All Weatherton reports: Virginia Beach City Public Schools said it’s investigating after someone hacked into a Zoom classroom filled with 5th graders and showed a picture of a man’s body parts on the screen. The students typically go to Windsor Oaks Elementary School but are learning virtually due to coronavirus. The incident happened on Friday…
Member of thedarkoverlord sentenced to 60 months and $1.4 million in restitution
The first — and so far, only — person to have been arrested and charged as a member of “thedarkoverlord” pleaded guilty today in federal court in Missouri. Nathan Francis Wyatt, 39, of Wellingborough, Northamptonshire in the U.K. was sentenced by Judge Judge Ronnie L. White to 60 months in prison and almost $1.5 million…