New Jersey Federal Judge Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Against Background Check Company

There’s an update to a data leak incident reported in 2024. Phil Stilton reports: A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against New Jersey-based background check company TABB Inc., finding the plaintiff failed to establish… Continue reading New Jersey Federal Judge Dismisses Data Breach Class Action Against Background Check Company

500 Hosts, 1 TB and No Negotiation: Anubis Provides Details on the Fairlife Attack

SuspectFile has a great read on the Anubis attack on Fairlife. Marco De Felice faithfully reports what Anubis claims in its exclusive communications with him, what Coca-Cola claims, and how the claims differ. One of the most striking statements detaile… Continue reading 500 Hosts, 1 TB and No Negotiation: Anubis Provides Details on the Fairlife Attack

Rep. Thompson brings bipartisan rural hospital cybersecurity act to House

NorthCentralPA reports: A group of legislators has introduced the bipartisan Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act to the House of Representatives with the intention to strengthen rural hospitals’ protection against cyber threats. The group incl… Continue reading Rep. Thompson brings bipartisan rural hospital cybersecurity act to House

NC: Possible cyberattack hits Wake election software vendor, leaving poll workers’ data exposed

Caroline Yaffa reports: The Wake County Board of Elections is suspending its use of a software vendor after it reported a possible cyberattack. There’s no evidence that voting machines, ballots, voter registration records or systems used to count votes… Continue reading NC: Possible cyberattack hits Wake election software vendor, leaving poll workers’ data exposed

KR: Sogang University data breach exposes 180,000 student, staff accounts

Hyeon Ye-Seul reports: Personal information belonging to roughly 180,000 students, alumni and staff at Sogang University was exposed in a cyberattack, the university said Saturday. The university said it had confirmed signs that some data tied to its i… Continue reading KR: Sogang University data breach exposes 180,000 student, staff accounts

France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims

Daryna Antoniuk reports: France’s tax authority has confirmed that hackers breached its information systems and extracted data on individuals and businesses. France’s Economy Ministry said late Thursday that an attacker gained unauthorized access to sy… Continue reading France investigates tax authority breach after hacker claims 600,000 victims

NHS admits data breach by sending patient data via pagers

STILL, NHS? Martin Bagot reports: The NHS has admitted a data breach by sending patients’ personal information over pager devices. A BBC investigation found sensitive medical data of transplant patients was routinely sent over an unencrypted pager netw… Continue reading NHS admits data breach by sending patient data via pagers