With more and more organisations wanting to learn about the EU General Data Protection Regulation, it’s been difficult for me to find the time to keep up to date with the month’s breaches and hacks. When I started compiling April’s list, I hoped that there weren’t many breaches this month, but unfortunately I was wrong.
However, while this month’s list is long, there doesn’t seem to be as many records leaked as in previous months. I’m still searching deeper to find the total number of records affected, but at the moment we’re looking at fewer than 10 million.
If you’re aware of any breaches or cyber attacks that don’t appear on this list, please leave a comment and I’ll get it added.
Cyber attack and ransomware
Newark City Hall computers hacked with ransomware
Atlantic Digestive Specialists notify patients of ransomware incident
Phishing scam diverts more than $40,000 from Denver Public Schools
IAAF says medical records compromised by Fancy Bear hacking group
Lessons to learn as McAfee’s LinkedIn page is hijacked
Hackers set off Dallas emergency sirens more than a dozen times in a few hours
ECMC officials remain mute on cause of computer shutdown
Data breach
RingGo parking app exposes users’ personal information
McDonald’s Canada breached, 95,000 job seekers’ information compromised
Concordia’s online course systems, eConcordia and KnowledgeOne, have been hacked.
Unencrypted patient info from 2008 left in a van, and…… yeah.
Iowa Veterans Home warns nearly 3,000 of data breach after phishing incident
Patient privacy breach: over 1600 medical letters found dumped in Sydney bin
PAUSD student data exposed in breach
Millions of game accounts exposed in data breach, responsibility thrown to the wind
30,000 London gun owners hit by Met Police ‘data breach’
Voters’ personal data at risk in Cobb theft
Privacy commissioner calls for investigation after photo card privacy breach
Amedisys announces patient info breach
Privacy breach at Yakima’s Virginia Mason Memorial hospital affects 419 patients
Upmarket Sydney hotel targeted by cybercriminals
Third Personal Data Breach Hits UHIP Customers
Thousands of examiners’ personal details stolen in AQA cyber-attack
Student privacy breached in Victoria Education Department blunder
Tullamore Hospital patient’s information sent to wrong person after data blunder
Leak of diabetic patients’ data highlights risks of giving info to telemarketers
Privacy, what? Bengaluru police leaks 46,000 phone numbers on Twitter
Scottrade Bank data breach exposes 20,000 customer records
Data leak exposes details of 450,000 lottery subscribers
Foodie social network Allrecipes warns that someone stole users’ email addresses and passwords
Financial information
Chipotle warns of data security breach, recommends monitoring card statements
Blowout Cards Notifies Customers After Card Fraud Reports Roll In
Cleveland Metropolitan School District discloses phishing-related incident
Debit card breach reported by car washes.
U of L: Tax information of some employees hacked
Gamestop.com Investigating Possible Breach
Breach of Financial-Aid Tool May Have Compromised Data on 100,000 Taxpayers
1,200 InterContinental hotels hit by malware attack
Other
Ashley Madison blackmailers threaten to create Cheater’s Gallery exposing members who don’t pay up
Teen Hackers Stole $300,000 From a Travel Site and Used It to Buy a Ducati
Hackers Are Emptying ATMs With a Single Drilled Hole and $15 Worth of Gear
Got one of these 20+ models of Linksys Smart Wi-Fi routers? Bad news. 10 security holes discovered
Fighting cyber crime
Wellington Student Arrested for Selling Drugs on the Darknet
Longest sentence ever handed out for hacking: Roman Seleznev Sentenced to 27 Years
