- Viasat Corp. notified tens of thousands of customers of its consumer broadband modems that devices may have been compromised by recent Russain AcidRain malware attack.
- Bradley International Airport of Connecticut notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after cyber attack.
- Smartmatic Inc., one of the providers of voting machines in the U.S., admitted that it suffered a data leak, and terminated an employee involved.
- German police claim they have shut down Hydra, which operates a marketplace for stolen info on the Dark Web.
- Texas Department of Insurance notified 1.8 million patients that their PHI may have been exposed after “data security” event
- Parker Hannifin Corp., headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, notified an unknown number of employees and customers that a ransomware group has apparently stolen “several gigabytes” of files.
- Bloomberg News published results of survey:
- 80% expect to increase or maintain technology spending in the next 12 months
- 72% said they will likely increase their budgets by 9 percent or more this year.
- 87% say cybersecurity is more important
- North Carolina A&T University notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- The FBI published another warning of increased ransomware attacks aimed at healthcare vertical and local government agencies.
- Englewood Health of New Jersey notified 4,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber incident.
- Aberdeen Research published report on endpoint security (endpoints include MFPs, printers, fax, etc.)
- From 5% to 80% of endpoint devices on networks are NOT visible to IT and security staff
- Between 4.7% to 8.5% of these devices are already infected with malware
- Charleston Area Medical Center of West Virginia notified 54,000 patients that their PHI was exposed by email
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