The Allied Pilots Association (APA) is the labor union representing American Airlines pilots. The following is a cybersecurity update on their site dated November 2: On October 30, we experienced a cybersecurity incident. Upon discovery of the incident, we immediately took steps to secure our network. Our IT team, with the support of outside experts, […]
Bleeping Computer reports: Aerospace giant Boeing is investigating a cyberattack that impacted its parts and distribution business after the LockBit ransomware gang claimed that they breached the company’s network and stole data. Boeing says the incident did not impact flight safety and confirmed collaboration with law enforcement and regulatory agencies as part of an ongoing […]
Supply chain attacks continue to pose a major threat to the security of sensitive data and critical systems. Five hospitals in Ontario, Canada have been struggling to function this month after a ransomware group hit their IT and services provider. DataBreaches.net broke the news when the Daixin Team revealed that they were responsible for the […]
Towns across America continue to fall prey to ransomware gangs. This week, the SuspectFile blog reported on how the AlphV gang, also known as “BlackCat,” started leaking files from the Town of Iowa in Louisiana: The ransomware group ALPHV (BlackCat) has published a first part of exfiltrated data from the Town of Iowa in the […]
Human error was responsible for yet another breach of sensitive information. The74 reports: Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools disclosed tens of thousands of sensitive, confidential student records, apparently by accident, to a parent advocate who has been an outspoken critic of its data privacy record. The documents identify current and former special education students by […]
DarkReading reports: Okta is back on the record with another cybersecurity incident, this time via a breach of its third-party vendor, Rightway Healthcare, which has exposed the personal and healthcare data of nearly 5,000 Okta employees. According to Okta’s filing with the Maine Attorney General, the Rightway breach occurred on Sept. 23 and was discovered on Oct. […]
Lloyd’s of London pr:ovides some chilling predictions: Organisations targeted by the cyber attack are directly impacted, seeing their operations disrupted and potentially incurring significant recovery costs. The loss of a critical payments network also results in significant secondary disruption across a wide range of industries, supply chains and infrastructure that is unable to operate as […]
Several days ago, The Data Breach Times noted an article expressing concern about cybersecurity in India. That article, which referenced data from a study by Check Point, also noted that one of the main sectors being attacked during the past six months was healthcare. Data leaks due to misconfigured storage devices also continue to pose […]
Disgruntled former employees and other malicious insiders are a major source of data breaches and data loss. The Register reports on an insider threat that could have had serious consequences for national security: A former US National Security Agency techie has plead guilty to six counts of violating the Espionage Act after being caught handing […]
TechCrunch reports: Network and security giant Cloudflare and password manager maker 1Password said hackers briefly targeted their systems following a recent breach of Okta’s support unit. Both Cloudflare and 1Password said their recent intrusions were linked to the Okta breach, but that the incidents did not affect their customer systems or user data. “We immediately terminated […]
