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Personal Data and docs of Swiss town Rolle available on the dark web

Security Affairs

This group focuses on public school districts and other educational institutions, like other ransomware gangs it implements a double extortion model and publishes data stolen from the victims on a data leak site. The post Personal Data and docs of Swiss town Rolle available on the dark web appeared first on Security Affairs.

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Port of Seattle ‘s August data breach impacted 90,000 people

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Port of Seattle is notifying 90,000 people of a data breach after personal data was stolen in a ransomware attack in August 2024. The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors.

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Tech School Hack Affects Health, Personal Data of 209,000

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East Valley Institute of Technology Is One of LockBit's Education Sector Victims An Arizona-based technical school is notifying nearly 209,000 current and former students, parents and faculty that their personal, health and financial information was potentially compromised in a LockBit attack earlier this year.

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Save the Children confirms it was hit by cyber attack

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The BianLian extortion group claims to have stolen 6,8 TB of documents, including International HR data, international personal data. International financial data (over 800 GB), international medical and health data and international email correspondence.

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Colorado Warns Ransomware Attack Caused Massive Data Breach

Data Breach Today

Information From 2004 to 2020 Exposed for High School Students, Teachers and Others Colorado's Department of Higher Education is warning that it suffered a ransomware attack in June, in which attackers stole personal data on current and past students and teachers, dating from 2004 to 2020.

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Quishing, an insidious threat to electric car owners

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Once entered, this data is sent directly to the scammers. Not only can they lose money, but their personal data can be used for further fraudulent activities. Education improves awareness” is his slogan. Impacts and risks Quishing also poses a significant threat to electric car owners.

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When are schools required to report personal data breaches?

IT Governance

Under the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) , all personal data breaches must be recorded by the organisation and there should be a clear and defined process for doing so. In this blog, we take a look at the scenarios in which data protection breaches in schools must be reported. How to avoid data breaches.