May 8, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Genesee County # of Accounts Breached: undetermined What has affected: Genesee County, Michigan was hit with a ransomware attack When it happened: April 2, 2019 How it happened: They say a virus found its way into their system and held data Tuesday, demanding...
May 8, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Georgia Tech # of Accounts Breached: 1.3 millionWhat was affected: Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. When it happened: Late March 2019 How it happened: Georgia Tech said its database was accessed by an “unknown outside...
May 7, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Rehabilitation Hospital of Northwest Ohio # of Records/People Affected: Undisclosed number When: 10 April 2019 What happened: Patients had their personal data compromised after “unauthorized access” to employee email accounts occurred. How Did it happen: There...
May 7, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Facebook # of Records/People Affected: Hundreds of Miliions When: 3 April, 2019 What happened: Unprotected Facebook user data sitting on Amazon’s servers How Did it happen: Two Facebook app developers uploaded the data sets to Amazon’s cloud system. This is just...
May 7, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Woodruff Arts Center # of Records/People Affected: Undetermined When: 26 April 2019 What happened: A security breach after an unauthorized third party caused a massive network outage, affecting many of the center’s operations and systems. How Did it happen:...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Augusta, ME Municipal Operations # of Records/People Affected: Undetermined When: 18 April 2019 What happened: A nasty, intentionally deployed virus shut down public safety computers and made the city’s entire network unusable. How Did it happen: A piece of...
