British charities warn supporters their personal data has been breached

Graham Cluley writes: UK charities including Shelter, the RSPCA, the Dogs Trust, Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, and Friends of the Earth have warned their supporters that hackers have stolen their data following a breach at a supplier. The charities the… Continue reading British charities warn supporters their personal data has been breached

Biggest Crypto Hack of 2023: Mixin Network Stops Withdrawals After Losing $200 Million to Hackers

Daniel Warren reports: The Mixin network was recently hit by a multi-million dollar hack. Mixin confirmed that over $200 million worth of cryptocurrencies were wiped from its mainnet due to a security breach on September 23. According to recent data, t… Continue reading Biggest Crypto Hack of 2023: Mixin Network Stops Withdrawals After Losing $200 Million to Hackers

National Student Clearinghouse notifies California on behalf of almost 900 schools affected by MOVEit breach

Well, we expected there would be a lot of schools notified by the National Student Clearinghouse about the MOVEit breach, but now we have a bit more of the scope. NSC has notified the California Attorney General’s Office on behalf of almost 900 s… Continue reading National Student Clearinghouse notifies California on behalf of almost 900 schools affected by MOVEit breach

Nansen Warns Of Potential Phishing Attacks Following Vendor Security Incident Exposing Customer Data

Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright reports: Crypto analytics platform Nansen has revealed that a bad actor accessed its admin system to provision customer accounts. On Sept. 20, a security breach by one of Nansen’s third-party vendors led to compromised c… Continue reading Nansen Warns Of Potential Phishing Attacks Following Vendor Security Incident Exposing Customer Data

More victims of MOVEit breach are revealed: Nuance discloses for covered entities.

Add yet one more business associate to those affected by the Clop attack on Progress Software MOVEiT. Nuance has disclosed that it was affected by the May attacks. Although no number was revealed, the Microsoft-owned technology firm stated it was discl… Continue reading More victims of MOVEit breach are revealed: Nuance discloses for covered entities.

Colombia Reports Cyberattack With Impact Across Latin America

The Defense Post reports: Colombia has reported a massive cyberattack affecting dozens of government websites and impacting countries across Latin America. Local media said Thursday that key websites — such as the justice, health, and culture ministrie… Continue reading Colombia Reports Cyberattack With Impact Across Latin America

Personal information of thousands of Sanford Health patients potentially compromised

Gretchen Hjelmstad reports: The imaging vendor Sanford Health uses for its mobile heart screen trucks, DMS Health Technologies, experienced a data security incident between March 27 and April 24, 2023. According to Sanford Health, patient information w… Continue reading Personal information of thousands of Sanford Health patients potentially compromised

MO: Cyberattack causes multiple court systems to shut down some public safety computer servers

Kelsey Landis reports: A cyberattack caused St. Louis County to shut down some computer systems used to look up court cases, issue charges and process people in custody at the jail, County Executive Sam Page said Tuesday. Police officers, jail official… Continue reading MO: Cyberattack causes multiple court systems to shut down some public safety computer servers

An inexcusable gap from breach to notification, or an excusable one?

Some state and federal laws provide specific timeframes by which breached entities must provide notice to regulators and to those affected by a data breach. Unfortunately, loopholes abound, as we seen in statutory language such as Minnesota’s bre… Continue reading An inexcusable gap from breach to notification, or an excusable one?