Category: The Week in Breach

April 17, 2019

The Week in Breach: 04/09/19 – 04/15/19

This week, phishing scams target US government and healthcare employees, Canadian plane parts are held for ransom, EU citizens are compromised in a UK breach, and 60,000 digital fingerprints find their way to the Dark Web.

April 11, 2019

The Week in Breach: 04/02/19 – 04/08/19

This week, ransomware shuts down a US medical practice, freshmen hack their school’s Wi-Fi to avoid tests, Canadian pension plans go missing, Irish healthcare group is scammed, and UConn is hit with a $5M data breach lawsuit.

April 03, 2019

The Week in Breach: 03/27/19 – 04/01/19

This week, US healthcare provider gets breached 3 times, third-party ransomware parks Canadian agency for days, hackers steal French gas, and last year’s Facebook breach in Australia nearly doubles in size.

March 27, 2019

The Week in Breach: 03/19/19 – 03/26/19

This week, a Dutch academic publisher is exposed, US sleep companies snooze on payment fraud, UK police face ransomware attack and Uber might be spying on us (again)…

March 20, 2019

The Week in Breach: 03/12/19 – 03/18/19

This week, US students hack into school, Canadian alcohol gets held for ransom(ware), New Zealand outdoors retailer is exposed, and data doesn’t expire on the Dark Web.

March 13, 2019

The Week in Breach: 03/05/19 – 03/11/19

This week, US surgeons pay cyber ransom, Canadian universities come under attack, a UK charity is breached, and healthcare gets hit hard by hackers.

March 07, 2019

The Week in Breach: 02/24/19 – 03/04/19

This week, Topps gets form-jacked, Canadian government employee is robbed of patient data, UK adoption service accidentally leaks sensitive information, and records in New Zealand are “blown away.”

February 28, 2019

The Week in Breach: 02/16/19 – 02/23/19

In the news this week: highly-sensitive medical conversations accessed from a Swedish health phone line, rogue politicians stir up data breach anarchy in the U.K., restaurant customer credit cards exposed across 100+ establishments in 9 U.S. states, and an Australian hospital faced with ransom demands to unlock stolen files.

February 21, 2019

The Week in Breach: 02/09/19 – 02/15/19

This week, Dunkin’ faces a 2nd credential stuffing attack, a Canadian photo-sharing platform discovers hack, a French cybersecurity society gets compromised, and Australian property data is leaked.

February 14, 2019

The Week in Breach: 02/02/19 – 02/08/19

Happy Valentine’s Day! We love MSPs, and we know there’s no better way for you to show your customers some love than to protect the very heart of their business…their data! Keep them up-to-date with the latest disclosures this week: an American media company uncovers a breach from 4 years ago, a Canadian healthcare provider faces data dumping extortion, and UK moms report a serious software glitch.

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