Collaborate Disseminate
TimesLive reports: The Shoprite Group said on Friday evening it had become aware of a suspected data compromise, including names and ID numbers, which may affect some customers who engaged in money transfers to and within Eswatini and within Namibia an… Continue reading Shoprite Group issues warning on ‘suspected data compromise’
Two potential class action lawsuits involving data breaches have reportedly settled. One awaits final approval in October, but the other settlement is already final. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center data breach $450K class action settlement Duri… Continue reading Data breach lawsuits settle: UPMC vendor and a holding company for department stores
On their dark web blog, Quantum threat actors claim to have acquired 32 GB of files from Tehama County Social Services in California. Quantum describes the files as involving information of county clients and employees: Financial information, budgets, … Continue reading Personal and sensitive files from Tehama County Social Services leaked on dark web. Have the victims been notified?
Yesterday, Hive threat actors added Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine to their leak site, with a notice that they had encrypted the entity on May 20. They also provided some files as proof. But if Hive hoped this would pressure the multi-location medica… Continue reading Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine alerts patients to ransomware attack while continuing to provide care
ACY Securities describes itself as one of Australia’s fastest growing multi-asset online CFD trading providers. But as first reported by HackRead, the trading firm was leaking 60 GB of user data until independent researcher Anurag Sen persisted i… Continue reading AU: Researcher finds ACY Securities leaking 60 GB of User Data
The education sector has always been a relatively easy target for cybercriminals. One group in particular — Pysa — earned a reputation for its ransomware attacks on schools. Despite analyses and alerts in March, 2021 by threat intel firms… Continue reading Pysa shuttered its leak site before it ever dumped data from more than half a dozen schools. Here’s what we know so far.
Accounting firm Perkins & Co. in Portland Oregon has submitted a notification to the Vermont Attorney General’s Office about a breach that goes back to 2020 — the Netgain ransomware incident that impacted numerous clients and individual… Continue reading Are victims of Netgain ransomware incident first being notified now?
A recent notification by Aon had DataBreaches wondering exactly what went on with their incident response. Consider their description of what happened: What Happened? On February 25, 2022, Aon identified a cyber incident that, upon investigation, impac… Continue reading Today’s exercising in reading between the lines
Rachel Maher reports: Police have alerted the Privacy Commissioner after a burglar broke into the former Auckland police station and stole documents and expired pepper spray. The police were made aware of the break-in while carrying out a search warran… Continue reading Potential privacy breach after documents stolen from abandoned Auckland police station
Martin University in Indianapolis disclosed that they were hit by a ransomware attack on January 3, 2022, and have been investigating the incident since then. As is often the case with these attacks, the university was unable to determine whether there… Continue reading Martin University discloses ransomware incident