Apr 18, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Kanopy When: 22 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 26 to 40 Million Log Lines per day What happened: An unprotected weblog database belonging to a free movie streaming site accessible to the public without authentication of any kind. How did it happen: The...
Apr 17, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Nanaimo Regional General Hospital When: 26 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 485 Medical Files What happened: A employee has been linked to a privacy breach at Nanaimo Regional General HospitalHow did it happen: Unusual activity was detected by Island Health’s...
Apr 17, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Carmel Unified School District When:15 Mar 2019 # of records involved: Several hundred employees What happened: Unauthorized access to some email accounts within the district. How did it happen: A successful highly sophisticated phishing attack and difficult to...
Apr 16, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System When: 11 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 3,100 individuals What happened: Thousands of Arizonans were affected by a data breach earlier this year that targeted the state’s Medicaid agency. How did it happen: An internal...
Apr 16, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Verifications.io Website When: 7 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 809 million records What happened: Security researchers Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered an unprotected, publicly accessible MongoDB database containing 150 gigabytes of detailed, plaintext...
Apr 15, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, March
Who: Taos schools When: 21 Mar 2019 # of records involved: undetermined What happened: A ransomware attack that knocked out the district’s digital services How did it happen: Taos Schools suffered a cyber attack, with hackers demanding $5,000 in cash as ransom...
