This Week in Breach News: A massive Facebook leak exposes personal data for millions in the US and India, and the Clop ransomware gang had a very good week (and US universities had a very bad week).
United States – The New York Foundling
https://cybernews.com/security/new-york-charity-leaves-sensitive-patients-data-unsecured/
Exploit: Unsecured Database
The New York Foundling: Children’s Charity
Risk to Business: 1.662= Severe
The New York Foundling, a venerable children’s charity, has had a significant data exposure. Researchers discovered an unsecured database contained more than 2,000 CSV and TXT files, each with hundreds or thousands of entries related to patients’ medical records, children’s legal guardians, case workers, doctors, and other child welfare specialists.
Individual Risk : 1.707 = Severe
At least 13,000 entries on medical procedures including vaccines, diagnostic tests, patient IDs, referral details, chart notes with descriptions and patient IDs. Another 7,000 entries for patients are in the trove, including: patient names and birthdates, parent/guardian names and phone numbers and insurance or agency information. A TXT file containing SSNs and what appears to be IDs, but without names or other identifying information is in the mix. Employee information is also included with staff names, ID numbers and other details.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How It Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Making simple, avoidable blunders like this is a tragedy. Not only have many families had data exposed, but this charity hospital will also be paying huge HIPAA fines.
United States – Facebook
Exploit: Hacking
Facebook: Social Media Company
Risk to Business: 1.627 = Severe
A treasure trove of Facebook user data landed in a hacking forum over the weekend. Hackers dropped a slew of PII on Facebook users including phone numbers and some contact information of hundreds of millions of users for free online. A Facebook spokesperson told Insider that the data was scraped due to a vulnerability that the company patched in 2019.
Individual Risk: 1.627 = Severe
This fresh dump of exposed data includes various PII for over 533 million Facebook users from 106 countries, including over 32 million records on users in the US, 11 million on users in the UK and 6 million on users in India. Exposed data includes their phone numbers, Facebook IDs, full names, locations, birthdates, bios and email addresses. This information can be used to mount spear phishing and brand impersonation schemes.
Customers Impacted: 533 million
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business Cybercriminals will love this windfall. Data like this lives forever on the dark web, providing ammunition for future cyberattacks and fraud.
United States – University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)
Exploit: Ransomware
University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB): Institution of Higher Learning
Risk to Business: 2.412 = Severe
The Clop ransomware gang had a banner week. UMB is one of at least 6 US colleges that they’ve hit successfully in the past week after gaining access to systems at data transfer and processing behemoth Accellion in late 2020. Here’s the full list of impacted colleges. At UMB, the gang snatched an assortment of student and staff data including federal tax documents, requests for tuition remission paperwork, applications for the Board of Nursing, passports, ID data and tax summary documents.
Individual Risk: 2.309 = Severe
The saff data featured lists of individuals and their Social Security numbers, retirement documentation, and 2019/2020 benefit enrollment and adjustment requests. In the student data batch, the gang scored photos, dates of birth, home addresses, passport numbers, immigration status, names of individuals and Social Security numbers.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: This is a textbook illustration of what happens when one of your business partners, suppliers or service providers has a data breach – cybercriminals get a le up on breaking into your systems too.
United States – 200 Networks LLC
https://www.hackread.com/call-center-provider-experiences-data-leak/
Exploit: Unsecured Database
200 Networks LLC: Call Center Operator
Risk to Business: 2.412 = Severe
A wide-open database belonging to 200 Networks was discovered by security researchers just leaking information freely. The data included logs for at least 1.48 million robocalls The dataset was exposed for almost 24 hours and the database kept growing in real-time as business continued adding thousands of fresh calls and records to the mix every hour. The exposed record contained only swatches of data on the callers but included extensive inside information for the company including technical data.
Individual Impact: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as impacted in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.
Customers Impacted: 1.48 million
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Failing to protect the secrets of your success is problematic for any business. This information will likely make its way to the dark web quickly.
The Netherlands – Royal Dutch Shell
https://www.theregister.com/2021/03/29/shell_clop_ransomware_leaks_update/
Exploit: Ransomware
Royal Dutch Shell: Oil Company
Risk to Business: 1.863 = Severe
The Clop ransomware gang is going to need a vacation after this week. They also struck gold at Royal Dutch Shell, scooping up an assortment of business documents and posting a sample on their leak site. Once again, the gangs foray into Accellion paid off, enabling them to gain access to Royal Dutch Shell. Spokesmen for the company admit that data was stolen but are not saying that this was a ransomware hit, although that is this gang’s stock in trade.
Individual Impact: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as compromised in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: Ransomware can cause catastrophic delays in production, crippling factories. Preventing it from hitting systems is just as important as protecting data.
France – Asteelflash
Exploit: Ransomware
Asteelflash: Electronics Manufacturer
Risk to Business: 1.802 = Severe
REvil has come to call at French firm Asteelflash, specialists in the design, engineering, and printing of printed circuit boards. This is the latest attack in a series of incidents impacting manufacturers and developers adjacent to the beleaguered semiconductor sector. The gang asked for an initial $12 million ransom, but Asteelflash apparently chose not to pay that within the specified timeframe, so the ransom doubled to $24 million. Data proving the incursion was posted to the gang’s website last week.
Individual Impact: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as compromised in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: An incident like this is even more costly when your industry is under pressure, as electronics companies are right now. Cybercriminals are always looking for the opportunity to hold businesses up in challenging times.
Italy – Boggi Milano Menswear
https://threatpost.com/ragnarok-ransomware-boggi-milano-menswear/165161/
Exploit: Ransomware
Boggi Milano Menswear: Luxury Fashion Retailer
Risk to Business: 2.055 = Severe
Italian clothier Boggi Milano menswear had an unwelcome delivery this wee. The Ragnarok ransomware gang snatched 40 gigabytes of data from the fashion house, including HR and salary details. Researchers looking into the hack found payroll files, payment PDFs, vouchers, tax documents and other business data on the dark web. The incident is under investigation.
Individual Impact: No sensitive personal or financial information was announced as compromised in this incident, but the investigation is ongoing.
Customers Impacted: Unknown
How it Could Affect Your Customers’ Business: It’s no longer acceptable to just survive a cyberattack – businesses have to be prepared to endure challenges and still keep going.
