November 15, 2023 at 11:17AM PJ&A, a medical transcription service provider, experienced a cyberattack in March 2023 that exposed the personal information of approximately 9 million patients. The breach included sensitive data such as full names, dates of birth, medical records, social security numbers, and more. PJ&A began notifying affected individuals on October 31, 2023. … Read more
November 8, 2023 at 06:39AM Approximately 665,000 customers of the Marina Bay Sands luxury resort in Singapore have been affected by a recent data breach. The breach specifically impacts members of the shopping loyalty program, with no indication that the casino rewards program was affected. While passwords and financial information were not compromised, the exposed … Read more
November 2, 2023 at 11:39AM Okta has notified approximately 5,000 employees that a file containing their personal information was stolen in a breach on one of their third-party vendors, Rightway Healthcare. The breach occurred on September 23, but was only discovered on October 12. Okta has found no evidence of the personal information being misused … Read more
October 31, 2023 at 04:36AM Canada has banned the use of Tencent’s WeChat and Kaspersky’s applications on government mobile devices. The ban is due to privacy and security concerns and aims to keep government information and networks secure. The move follows similar bans of TikTok and Kaspersky by other countries. Key takeaways from the meeting … Read more
October 26, 2023 at 10:39AM Amazon is launching an independent cloud for Europe, called the AWS European Sovereign Cloud, in order to address strict regulations faced by companies and the public sector in the European Union. This cloud will have the same security, availability, and performance as existing AWS regions but will be separate from … Read more
October 24, 2023 at 10:37AM Customers, including the US Department of Defense, are requesting that Element, a company behind decentralized comms platform Matrix, insert a protective clause against the encryption-busting element of the UK government’s Online Safety Bill (OSB). Element’s customers want safeguards against message scanning. The company also revealed that there are now 115 … Read more
October 23, 2023 at 03:41PM Hackers breached the University of Michigan’s network in August, accessing systems with information belonging to students, applicants, alumni, donors, employees, patients, and research study participants. The unauthorized access lasted from August 23-27, and the data exposed included personal, financial, and medical details. The university detected the suspicious activity and isolated … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 12:05PM A cybercriminal using the alias “Golem” has uploaded a second batch of stolen profile data from biotech company 23andMe. The new leak contains an additional 4.1 million records, mainly from UK users, and appears to have a religious motivation. Golem targeted the Ashkenazi Jewish ethnic group in the first leak … Read more
October 12, 2023 at 09:59AM California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that defines the responsibilities and processes of data brokers. The law requires businesses in California to meet new procedures to protect consumers’ personal privacy. The California Privacy Protection Agency will now enforce data broker obligations. Data brokers must register with the … Read more
October 12, 2023 at 07:00AM Simpson Manufacturing Company has experienced a cyberattack that has caused disruptions to its IT infrastructure and applications. The company has taken steps to contain the attack and is working on responding to and addressing the issue. It is currently unclear if the attack involved ransomware. The construction industry is increasingly … Read more