More than 380,000 additional NYC students had info breached in 2022 Illuminate Education hack

Carl Campanile reports: More than 380,000 additional city public-school students had their personal data hacked in a massive cyber attack — bringing the total number of kids affected to well over 1 million, The Post has learned. The New York City Depar… Continue reading More than 380,000 additional NYC students had info breached in 2022 Illuminate Education hack

Former Cybersecurity Consultant Arrested For $1.5 Million Extortion Scheme Against IT Company

For those who would like a timely reminder about making sure you terminate access and take control of devices immediately when an employee or contractor terminates employment, consider this press release from the Southern District of New York on May 1…. Continue reading Former Cybersecurity Consultant Arrested For $1.5 Million Extortion Scheme Against IT Company

Wealthy Taxpayers Alerted to Leaked Data Years After IRS Breach

Erin Schilling reports: Some taxpayers are learning that their data was leaked in the widespread breach by a former IRS contractor that led to the release of former President Donald Trump’s tax returns. Four tax lawyers said they have seen letters from… Continue reading Wealthy Taxpayers Alerted to Leaked Data Years After IRS Breach

Sg: App managing student devices in 127 schools hacked; names and e-mail addresses leaked: MOE

Lok Jian Wen reports: The names and e-mail addresses of parents and teachers of 127 primary and secondary schools were leaked after a mobile platform on students’ personal learning devices was hacked, said the Ministry of Education (MOE) on April 19. T… Continue reading Sg: App managing student devices in 127 schools hacked; names and e-mail addresses leaked: MOE

Proposed CorrectCare Breach Settlement Rejected Over Equitable Treatment

Christopher Brown reports: A proposed $6.49 million settlement of a lawsuit alleging that CorrectCare Integrated Health LLC failed to protect the personal information of 647,000 people in a January 2022 data breach was rejected by a federal court. Plai… Continue reading Proposed CorrectCare Breach Settlement Rejected Over Equitable Treatment

Change Healthcare responding to cyberattack; few details known at this point

Early yesterday, Change Healthcare reported that they were experiencing enterprise-wide connectivity issues. They didn’t call it a cyberattack at that point, but by mid-day, their status reports were indicating that they were experiencing “… Continue reading Change Healthcare responding to cyberattack; few details known at this point

US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak

Zack Whittaker The U.S. Department of Defense is notifying tens of thousands of individuals that their personal information was exposed in an email data spill last year. According to the breach notification letter sent out to affected individuals on Fe… Continue reading US military notifies 20,000 of data breach after cloud email leak

Tx: BISD phone system now back online with new vendor following ransomware attack

Fox4Beaumont reports: The Beaumont ISD phone system is now back online with a new vendor following a nationwide ransomware attack on January 23 that impacted the district’s entire phone system, according to information Jackie Simien, BISD’s… Continue reading Tx: BISD phone system now back online with new vendor following ransomware attack