MRT reports: At the end of May, the municipal administration of the tranquil town of Rolle in French-speaking Switzerland was the victim of a cyber attack. This became known to the public recently through research on the news portal watson.ch. The result of the attack: The data of all residents and other documents have been…
Indian companies go scot-free despite breach of customer data
Vishal Raghavan has an opinion piece in The Leaflet about the failure of Indian firms to notify customers of breaches or to be held accountable and fined monetarily by regulators. He begins by reviewing a number of high-profile breaches reported in the last year or so, and the notes that all of the companies didn’t…
Cybercriminals are holding schools ransom for billions and some are paying up
R. Dallon Adams reports: In recent months, a slew of cyberattacks hamstrung domestic meat and petroleum production and also set off a few alarms at a Florida water treatment facility. With companies willing to shell out big bucks to bring their companies back online and risk further fallout, it’s becoming increasingly clear that no sector…
Ruling Breaks New Ground For CGL Policy Data Breach Coverage Hackings
Peter Selvin of Ervin Cohen & Jessup writes: A recent case from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals breaks new ground on the question of whether a commercial general liability policy provides coverage for damages arising from a data breach caused by a third-party hacker. Landry’s Incorporated v. Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania, 4…
Public health, vaccination records exposed in Denton County data breach related to Microsoft Power Apps
Maggie Prosser reports: Hundreds of thousands of public health records, including COVID-19 vaccination details, were exposed in a data breach that was linked to an app that is used at Denton County vaccine clinics, officials say. A malfunction in the third-party software revealed contact and identifying information, as well as COVID-19 vaccination types and appointment…
Beaumont Health notifies patients of Accellion breach
Friday, August 27, 2021 On February 5, 2021, Goodwin Procter LLP (“Goodwin”) notified Beaumont Health (“Beaumont”) of a security incident at Accellion, a third-party vendor whose File Transfer software was used by Goodwin for large file transfers on behalf of clients, including Beaumont. Goodwin received some personal and protected health information from Beaumont in connection…