“Getschooled” Charity Founded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Exposed Student Data
This breach occurred when GetSchooled, a charity founded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, along with Viacom, left the database open and available to everyone with a browser and internet...
GenRx Pharmacy Ransomware Attack Leads to Disclosure of HIPAA Data Breach
GenRx Pharmacy has reported a data protection incident that could possibly have an effect on the safety of some confidential and secure health details for less than 5% of former patients...
Scottish Environment Protection Agency Subject of ‘Significant Cyber Attack’
The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) has been targeted in a cyberattack.
The agency was subjected to a significant cyberattack in the early hours of Christmas Eve, its executive director confirmed.
The Scottish...
Bitcoin Hits $500k on Russian Crypto Exchange After Livecoin Lost Control of Its Servers
Russian crypto-exchange Livecoin has been hacked and has lost control of some of its servers, warning customers to avoid using its services. It is believed that the assault occurred in the...
German Local Newspaper Group hit by Cyberattack: All You Need to Know
The Funke media group confirmed that the attack that began on 22 December (Tuesday) affected numerous computer systems in editorial offices and printing plants across the world.
It was this cyberattack that...
Now: Pensions, the UK Firm Says That a ‘Service Partner’ Leaked Their Data
Workplace pension provider NOW: Pensions has emailed a number of UK customers to warn about a data leakage caused by contractor error. According to NOW: Pensions, fewer than 2 per cent...
The SolarWinds Cyberattack: Hack and Its Victims
While we learned of SolarWind's attack on December 13th, the first disclosure of its consequence was made on December 8th when leading cybersecurity firm FireEye revealed that it was hacked by...
Vietnam Government Suffers Supply-Chain Attack: All you need to know
Only a few weeks after the supply chain assault on Able Desktop applications, another similar attack occurred on the website of the Vietnam Government Certification Authority (VGCA): ca.gov.vn.
The attackers changed two...
Lithuania Becomes the Target of Cyber Thieves
Last week, one of the “most complex” security incidents in the recent history of the Baltic state took place as described by the Republic's Defence Minister, Arvydas Anušauskas.
The security incident was...
Renewable Energy Startup People’s Energy Attacked by Cyber Thieves
UK-based green energy company People's Energy has revealed that cybercriminals had access to the personal information of its entire 270,000 customer database in a data breach.
“On Wednesday 16 December, we discovered...
