It’s time for the month’s list of breaches and cyber attacks, and it’s a big one.
Almost 1 billion records were leaked this month – 925,633,824 to be exact. There were also a few more reported ransomware incidents than normal, some of which saw the victims paying the fine – something most security professionals advise against.
The list tells me one thing: organisations need to get themselves ready for a data breach.
More and more organisations are beginning to do what’s necessary to become #BreachReady, but are you?
As always, if I have missed anything out, please let me know in the comments.
Cyber Attacks and Ransomware
Ransomware Attacks Conway, Companies out Thousands
OKCPS student information system down after ‘denial of service’ attack
Oklahoma man charged, accused of hacking into Guthrie Police Department’s computer system
Virus shuts down city services in Beatrice, Nebraska
Cyber attack on Italian National Institute for Social Assistance threatens users’ personal data
Keys schools computer system hacked
University Cyber Attacks Down To Students, Staff
Hacker exploits EOS smart contract to steal $200K from gambling app
Fetal Diagnostic Institute of the Pacific notifies 40,800 patients after ransomware attack
Canadian Town Pays Hackers Ransom in Bitcoin (BTC)
Midland servers hacked, attackers demanding ransom
Hoopeston Area School District website hacked, false emergency messages sent out
Data Breach
Chegg resets 40 million user passwords after data breach
NewsNow suffers security breach – passwords should be considered compromised
Cash, hard drive, data stolen from DLF1 office, cops suspect insider
Cyber-attack at fashion website SheIn.com hits 6.4m customers
UNITED NATIONS ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED PASSWORDS AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION TO THE WHOLE INTERNET
B.C. privacy officials look into data breach involving bankrupt computer retailer
Chinese police arrest 21 over data theft at Alibaba’s delivery arm: Xinhua
SingHealth data breach reveals several ‘inadequate’ security measures
GovPayNow.com Leaks 14M+ Records
Broadcaster ABS-CBN customer data stolen, sent to Russian servers
Another security breach at Grindr reveals users’ exact location
State Department email breach exposed employees’ personal information
Hackers selling research phished from universities on WhatsApp
Perth Mint data breach bigger than thought
Data of almost 3,000 patients experiencing emergency symptoms exposed online by MedCall Advisors
Guardant Exposed to Cybersecurity Threat from Phishing Scheme
Hundreds of federal civil servants lose personal information in data breach
Files With 42 Million Emails and Passwords Found On Free Hosting Service
Blue Cross blames vendor for breach of customer information in R.I.
Brief: UofL Faculty and Staff Facing Data Breach
Npower warns of breach that exposed personal details of 5,000 customers
Children’s centre lost paperwork and mixed-up records
Cloud data management firm Veeam exposes 200GB of data on AWS instance
Files containing patient info left unsecured at TMC HealthCare property
Karnataka’s famed land record database Bhoomi faces another security breach
More than 5,000 affected by Park by Phone data breach
Westpac employee gave customer passwords to mortgage broker in serious data breach
Gang of hackers seizes WhatsApp accounts of Karachi users
Click2Gov Payment System Security Breach
BA Apologizes After 380,000 Customers Hit in Cyber Attack
Crypto Exchange Kraken Denies Rumor of Office Closure, Security Breach
For 2nd Time in 3 Years, Mobile Spyware Maker mSpy Leaks Millions of Sensitive Records
Personal info for 2,000 DC students mistakenly posted online
Brazilian credit bureau investigates potential data leak
Government transparency site revealed Social Security numbers, other personal info
C&A suffers data leak in Brazil
Hundreds of private medical documents scattered on Albuquerque street
Financial Information
DoorDash customers say their accounts have been hacked
Aspire Health hacked by phishing scheme, lost ‘protected health information’
Hackers stole customer credit cards in Newegg data breach
Other
Banks Turn to the Courts for Data Breach Claims
Healthcare in the Cross Hairs: Insider Threat
ProtonVPN, NordVPN Patch Windows Bug
Latvenergo asks authorities to look into possible data leak
Public IP Addresses of Tor Sites Exposed via SSL Certificates
Thanks for the stats Sion
Great post