Collaborate Disseminate
The governmment continues to enforce contractors’ obligations to adhere to cybersecurity standards in their Department of Defense (DoD, now Department of War) contracts. A press release today reveals another enforcement action: Georgia Tech Resea… Continue reading Georgia Tech Research Corporation Agrees to Pay $875,000 to Resolve Civil Cyber-Fraud Litigation
Mikael Thalen reports: A company that sells spyware that monitors individuals on parole and probation had its data leaked to a cybercrime forum this week. The leak, according to an analysis by Straight Arrow News, exposed highly sensitive information r… Continue reading Company that sells software for monitoring sex offenders, terrorists, and hackers was hacked
James Pearson reports: Cybercriminals have stolen data on over 8,000 children attending nurseries in London operated by childcare provider Kido International, the hackers said on their dark web portal. The gang, which calls itself Radiant, evidenced it… Continue reading London nurseries hit by hackers, data on 8,000 children stolen
Aidan Radnedge reports: Harrods has warned some customers that their personal data could have been taken in an IT systems breach – in the latest cyber-attack to hit a major UK firm. The luxury department store based in London’s Knightsbridg… Continue reading Harrods warns customers their personal data could have been stolen by hackers in new cyber-attack
iconBrandon Vigliarolo reports: Barring a last-minute deal, the US federal government would shut down on Wednesday, October 1, and the 2015 Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act would lapse at the same time, threatening what many consider a critical pl… Continue reading Cyber threat-sharing law set to shut down, along with US government
From our “No Need to Hack When It’s Leaking” files, a report involving Archer Health, an in-home healthcare provider. Website Planet recently reported a misconfigured bucket that was found by researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The unencrypt… Continue reading Archer Health was leaking protected health information. Criminals appear to have found it.
In May 2024, DataBreaches logged an incident on our worksheets that involved the Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York. The incident had been reported to HHS as affecting 29,629 patients whose name, medical record number, date of birth,… Continue reading Columbia University Irving Medical Center pays $600K in data breach lawsuit settlement
How much money enticed these teens to do something that may have just wrecked their future? Did they see it as just quick and easy money and no big deal? Alexander Martin reports: Two teenagers have been arrested in the Netherlands on suspicion of esp… Continue reading Teens arrested by Dutch police reportedly suspected of spying for Russia
On June 12, 2025, Qilin added ApolloMD to their darkweb leak site with a date of June 6. They claimed to have 238 GB of files. ApolloMD, headquartered in Georgia, is a business associate to hospitals and health systems, providing them with services to … Continue reading ApolloMD notifies patients of 11 physician practices affected by a June cyberattack
Angus Loten reports: A deluge of data-breach lawsuits has a growing number of U.S. judges insisting victims show exactly how their leaked personal data caused “tangible harm,” a high bar that is getting more cases tossed out of court. Judges are also r… Continue reading ‘No Harm, No Foul:’ Courts Take Tougher Line on Data-Breach Suits