Collaborate Disseminate
Jessica Davis reports: Kroger reached a $5 million lawsuit settlement with individuals impacted by a breach reported in February. The settlement was the third legal action tied to a health care data breach this week, shedding light on the rise in breac… Continue reading Kroger reaches $5M settlement with Accellion breach victims, as Supreme Court defines ‘actual harm’
Chris Velazco and Rachel Lerman report: It was just after 12:30 p.m. on the Friday before the Fourth of July holiday when a warning popped up on Laschelle McKay’s computer screen. McKay, the town administrator for Leonardtown, Md., didn’t even have tim… Continue reading ‘Shut down everything:’ Global Kaseya ransomware attack takes a small Maryland town offline
Kathryn Rattigan of Robinson + Cole writes that a two-year data leak by a vendor has resulted in a lawsuit: This week, Volkswagen AG’s U.S. entity and its Audi brand were hit with a class action for a data breach that allegedly compromised 3.3 million … Continue reading Volkswagen and Audi Hit with Data Breach Class Action
AFP reports: One of Sweden’s biggest supermarket chains said Saturday it had to temporarily close around 800 stores nationwide after a cyberattack blocked access to its checkouts. “One of our subcontractors was hit by a digital attack, and … Continue reading Major Swedish supermarket chain hit by cyberattack
Sara Merken reports: (Reuters) – A South Carolina federal judge is allowing multidistrict data breach litigation against software company Blackbaud Inc to go forward, finding the plaintiffs have sufficiently alleged standing to keep the case on t… Continue reading Blackbaud must face data breach claims over 2020 ransomware attack
Ax Sharma reports: Mercedes-Benz USA has just disclosed a data breach impacting some of its customers. The company assessed 1.6 million customer records which included customer names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, and some purchased vehicle informa… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz data breach exposes SSNs, credit card numbers
Kaitlin Schroeder reports: A state contractor shared Monday that Ohio Medicaid providers may have had their personal data exposed a month ago when someone gained unauthorized access to an app. Ohio Medicaid said on Monday it was notified by its data ma… Continue reading Ohio Medicaid providers’ data may have been exposed from data breach
SEK 12 million in penalty fees against the company Medhelp, half a million against the Stockholm Region and SEK 250,000 against each against Sörmland and Värmland. This is the outcome of the review made by the Privacy Protection Authority in the case o… Continue reading Se: Medhelp will pay 12 million SEK after the 1177 leak
Little Hill Foundation for the Rehabilitation of Alcoholics, Inc. d/b/a Alina Lodge in New Jersey is first notifying patients whose data was involved in the Blackbaud ransomware incident early last year. From a report filed by their external counsel, i… Continue reading Some patients are first finding out about Blackbaud ransomware incident now
Zack Whittaker reports: Volkswagen says more than 3.3 million customers had their information exposed after one of its vendors left a cache of customer data unsecured on the internet. The car maker said in a letter that the vendor, used by Volkswagen, … Continue reading Volkswagen says a vendor’s security lapse exposed 3.3 million drivers’ details