As another month ends, let’s look back at the data breaches and cyber attacks that have come to light in the last few weeks.
Earlier this month I had a conversation about cyber security that ended with someone offering the familiar opinion: “Oh, I won’t be hacked – our website isn’t very popular”. I’m sure the owner of a Winnipeg mattress store thought that too – before they were forced to pay a criminal who shut down their servers, effectively putting a halt to services and sales.
I count this month’s total of known leaked records to be 145,942,680. As ever, if I have forgotten any, please let me know.
Cyber attack & ransomware
Hackers want millions from Liberty Life, or will start releasing sensitive data – Report
Hackers try to hold Jefferson computers at ransom
Slovakia is facing multiple attacks by hackers
Hacker hits Winnipeg mattress store with ransomware
Data breach
Midwest City notifies residents of incident that affected numerous municipalities
Medical records mishap sends confidential information to Westerville woman
Washington Health System suspends about a dozen employees
Surgery technician accused of stealing personal information from BAMC
Med Associates notified 270,000 patients about hack detected in March
Black River Medical Center notified patients whose information was potentially accessed
Flightradar24 suffers security breach
Data breach of 1,000 patients lands former Long Beach VA worker in prison
El Paso County sheriff’s lieutenant, wife demand $400,000 over release of personal information
Sutter Health employees fired for ‘inappropriate access’ of medical records
Details of 15,000 Orange users hacked
CPS breach exposes private student data
Canada Revenue Agency logs 2,338 privacy breaches in just under 2 years
CHRISTUS Spohn: Medical records among items stolen in April theft
San Francisco acupuncturist notifies patients whose records were stolen in burglary
Gloucestershire Police fined for revealing identities of abuse victims in bcc email gaffe
HealthEquity reports email breach that compromised health information
Hundreds of email addresses revealed in gaffe
SSC leak exposes personal info online
Putrajaya’s exam portal shut down, after data breach affecting millions
RISE Wisconsin Notifies Plan Participants of Data Security Incident
Data leak fears raised over dumped Portsmouth City Council computers ‘that may have not been wiped’
Data breach at medical practice: Shock and disgust as 150 patients affected
MyHeritage Genealogy Site Announces Mega Breach Affecting 92 Million Accounts
Hospital data leak “regrettable”, says NHS trust director
Hacker Defaces Ticketfly’s Website, Steals Customer Database
Financial information
Restaurant chain PDQ says customers’ credit card info was hacked
Bithumb $31 Million Crypto Exchange Hack: What We Know (And Don’t)
Phishing theft of $93G at clean energy agency went unreported for months
U.K. Data Watchdog Probes Dixons Hack of 6 Million Bank Cards
Possible data breach of Wellington billing and payment system
Morinaga Milk customer data stolen after website hacking
Cigna Error Revealed Customer Bank and Claims Data in Asia
Phishing scam costs Shiawassee County $50,000
Fitness app PumpUp leaked health data, private messages
Prince Hotels hack results in loss of 124,000 customers’ credit card numbers, other data
Hundreds of Hotels Affected by Data Breach at Hotel Booking Software Provider
Fighting back
Indian-origin Singapore woman faces jail for data leak in ‘biggest scam’ to hit US navy
95 e-commerce fraudsters arrested in international operation – Europol
Other
Government Webpages Provide Unsecured Access To Demographic Authentication
Data breaches in 2017
Using the findings of our monthly ‘list of data breaches and cyber attacks’ blog posts, we’ve created an infographic that summarises reported data breaches from 2017. You can download the PDF by clicking here.
