Breach

Reuters reports that all of the almost four million customers of major Australian health insurance provider Medibank had their data compromised in a ransomware attack this month.

Before taking a job with a company, CISOs need to consider how well they are protected in the event of a breach.

Stronger restrictions are being proposed by the Federal Trade Commission against alcoholic beverage delivery platform Drizly following a data breach in 2020 that compromised sensitive information from 2.5 million individuals, which federal regulators earlier attributed to the service's persistent security lapses, according to CNN.

CyberScoop reports that U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General for National Security Adam Hickey has praised the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security's collaboration in responding to a data breach that impacted the federal courts' public records management system in 2020.

Microsoft acknowledged that a misconfigured Azure server wound up exposing sensitive data for customers, but accused researchers of “exaggerating” the scope of the impact and further exposing affected parties – claims SOCRadar CISO Ensar Seker disputed in an interview with SC Media.

This week’s healthcare data breach roundup includes multiple email hacks with lengthy reporting gaps, and is led by a privacy incident at Advocate Aurora due to Pixel data scraping.

Washington-based Whitworth University has confirmed being impacted by a ransomware attack that has resulted in a data breach, which may have impacted 5,182 state residents, according to The Spokesman-Review.