Postel S.p.A. and the 2023 Data Breach: The Medusa Attack and Sanctions from the Data Protection Authority

Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice writes: In August 2023, Postel S.p.A., a leading Italian company in the postal services and digital communications sector, became the victim of a serious cyberattack. The Medusa cybercriminal group exploited unre… Continue reading Postel S.p.A. and the 2023 Data Breach: The Medusa Attack and Sanctions from the Data Protection Authority

US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks

Microsoft writes: The healthcare sector faces a rapidly increasing range of cybersecurity threats, with ransomware attacks emerging as one of the most significant. A combination of valuable patient data, interconnected medical devices, and small IT/cyb… Continue reading US Healthcare at risk: Strengthening resiliency against ransomware attacks

Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issues three undertakings stemming from ransomware attacks

On October 23, the Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issued three undertakings with the follow statement: The new Undertakings reveals breaches stemming from various ransomware attacks due to the insufficient security IT measures impleme… Continue reading Personal Data Protection Commission of Singapore issues three undertakings stemming from ransomware attacks

SEC Charges Four Companies With Misleading Cyber Disclosures

Washington D.C., Oct. 22, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with making materially mi… Continue reading SEC Charges Four Companies With Misleading Cyber Disclosures

70,000 Adventist Health Tulare patients being notified of HIPAA breach by payment collections associate

Adventist Health Tulare has issued a press release about a breach at a business associate in Nebraska. The June 7 press release states, “A data security incident was recently discovered by Signature Performance, an agency working on behalf of Adv… Continue reading 70,000 Adventist Health Tulare patients being notified of HIPAA breach by payment collections associate

What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches

Zack Whittaker reports: Snowflake’s security problems following a recent spate of customer data thefts are, for want of a better word, snowballing. After Ticketmaster was the first company to link its recent data breach to the cloud data company Snowfl… Continue reading What Snowflake isn’t saying about its customer data breaches