This month’s list is a little thin compared with other months this year. Is that a good sign? Maybe.
What’s certainly not a good sign, however, is the number of data breaches caused by organisations’ own employees.
Month after month, I find myself reporting more on organisational mistakes than on the efforts of cyber criminals. Basic information security practices – and I really do mean basic – are ignored over and over again, and for what? Convenience? Lack of care?
Have a look at this month’s list and come back to me with a story caused by a member of staff that couldn’t have been avoided.
I count this month’s total to be 59,830,814.
Cyber attack and ransomware
Sacramento Regional Transit Systems Hit By Hacker
Cash Converters hacked; customer data held for ransom
Agency’s data remains uncompromised after computer breach
Bitfinex on Twitter: Exchange is Under DDoS Attack
Boston Globe hit by denial of service attacks
Data breach
Important documents of Social Welfare Department found lying on street
CSO admits major data breach as thousands of people’s details leaked out
NC DHHS Reports Data Security Incident
Privacy breach at Burns Lake hospital
Dal warns of potential information breach
Uber Paid Hackers to Delete Stolen Data on 57 Million People
Police investigate hack of guns database
9,500 patients at the Medical College of Wisconsin notified of phishing incident
FEMA confirms identity theft claims after NBC2 investigation
School’s data breach spooks students
Probe into data leak – as patients private letters end up in Newtown
Pentagon Exposed Some Of Its Data On Amazon Server
UPMC Susquehanna notifies patients of data breach
Toronto company confirms user information stolen from six hacked websites
Privacy breaches in University file system affect 200 people
Western State Hospital patient information sent to wrong email address
Huddle’s ‘highly secure’ work tool exposed KPMG and BBC files
Social Security numbers of 2,100 Maine foster care participants posted online
Muslim Hacktivists Hack ISIS website; expose 2,000 subscribers list
Jaywing suffers data breach affecting CollectPlus, Vodafone and other clients
Patient information lost, found in bag on McGalliard
Financial information
Oxford and Cambridge Club hit by data breach after backup drive with members’ info stolen
Data breach hits Department of Social Services credit card system
YMCA of Central Florida Notifies Individuals of Security Incident
Cryptocurrency Startup Claims Hackers Stole $30.95 Million
Retailer Forever 21 discloses payment card breach
Fasten data leak: Nearly 1 million users’ sensitive data mistakenly exposed by US ride-hailing firm
Security flaw may have exposed personal info on 21,000 Utah Express Pass users
Local Salvation Army website updated after personal information released
Contractor breach exposes 50k Aussie govt, bank staff records
Fighting back against cyber crime
Canadian hacker enlisted by Russian FSB to hack Yahoo in 2014 pleads guilty
Other
Huge MacOS bug lets anyone login as root without a password: what you need to know
Facebook flaw allowed unauthorised users to delete any photo
Scammed via Western Union? You have less than 90 days to claim your share of $586 million refund
Love your blog so far, very sobering.