Collaborate Disseminate
Benjamin Freed reports: A school district in Coventry, Connecticut, notified families of its students this week that students’ data may have been swept up in a breach of one of its vendors earlier this year. The breach-notification letter, dated Tuesd… Continue reading Illuminate Education breach that affected NYC schools spreads to other districts
Isaiah Poritz reports: Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc. won a preliminary injunction in California federal court against medical records company SureFile Filing Systems for attempting to sell patient data using Kaiser’s trademarks. Kaiser is likely t… Continue reading Kaiser Wins Trademark Injunction Against Patient Data Company
Joshua Freeman reports that a Canadian airline’s flights were disrupted after an attack on the firm that provides its check-in system: “Obviously, this is a terrible situation and one that we didn’t expect,” Sunning CEO Mark Williams told C… Continue reading Sunwing president apologizes to stranded passengers, says outage result of cyberattack
The following is a somewhat confusing, and seemingly self-contradicting press release. DataBreaches.net has sent an email inquiry to ADFHT seeking clarification of what they mean by saying that although the investigation is ongoing, they have concluded… Continue reading Ca: Arnprior Regional Health determines Arnprior and District Family Health Team data caught up in IT system breach
There is yet another update in the investigation into a security breach involving the Philippine Commission on Elections (Comelec) vendor Smartmatic. As of April 1, Smartmatic had acknowledged a data leak, but said it had dealt with the problem and fir… Continue reading Ph: NBI raids house of ex-Smartmatic employee tagged in ‘data breach’
The following news item refers to litigation related to a data leak discovered by Dutch researcher Jelle Ursem that was reported in collaboration with DataBreaches.net. Shing Tse and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: Recently, a federal co… Continue reading Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Litigation
Third Anne Peralta-Malonzo reports the latest into the investigation into claims of a Comelec leak. SMARTMATIC Inc., the country’s major provider for the upcoming 2022 automated elections, has admitted data leak from its system but assured that it is n… Continue reading Ph: Smartmatic admits ‘data leak’ but not related to 2022 polls
John Leyden reports: Japanese confectionary manufacturer Morinaga has warned that a suspected data breach of its online store may have exposed the personal information of more than 1.6 million customers. Potentially exposed information includes the nam… Continue reading Network cavity blamed for data breach at Japanese candy maker Morinaga
Adam Shaw reports: A North London council has suspended its bin collection provider from handling sensitive material after letters containing residents’ personal information were blown into gardens and gutters. Brent Council is investigating a “data br… Continue reading UK: Confidential documents were blown into gardens in data breach
Zack Whittaker reports on the Sitel compromise after not previously disclosed documents were obtained by independent security researcher Bill Demirkapi: The Lapsus$ hackers used compromised credentials to break into the network of customer service gian… Continue reading Lapsus$ found a spreadsheet of passwords as they breached Okta, documents show