In 2006, I started advocating that there needs to be a law or regulation that requires businesses to have a method to receive notifications of security alerts. A number of people I respect offered explanations as to why that wasn’t a great idea. But 13 years later, I’m more convinced than ever that we...
Mark Ballard reports: Going into commencement, Baton Rouge Community College computers were hit with ransomware. The Louisiana State Police have been called in and the computer servers have been shut down, Kizzy Payton, BRCC’s spokeswoman said Wednesday. Tech personnel were unsure if BRCC’s computers had been hacked as the state’s system was last...
Liam Tung reports that there’s a new twist to ransomware: attackers are not only encrypting the data, but stealing it and then threatening to leak it if their victim doesn’t pay up. Well, extortion demands (pay us or we’ll sell or dump your data) is nothing new, but I guess combining it with encrypting...
Don Mitchell reports: The City of Hamilton is alerting residents of a “potential privacy breach” in which water-related billing data may have been accessed by third-party vendors. In a release on Wednesday afternoon, the city said it’s water-related services, including meter reading, billing, payment, collections, and customer care services which are managed by Alectra...
UK: 700,000 Hospital Letters Go Missing Since 2011