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Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 16, 2023
> Larry Hryb, an Xbox employee known primarily by the pseudonym “Major Nelson,” announced Friday his separation from Microsoft. Hryb has long been an iconic face for many of Xbox’s marketing efforts, from the days of the first Xbox and the Xbox Live online service to the launch of Xbox 360 and beyond. “After 20 incredible years, I’ve decided to step back and focus on the next chapter of my career,” he tweeted. “As I pause for a moment and reflect on everything we’ve accomplished together, I’d like to thank the millions of gamers around the world who have involved me in their lives.”
> After months of chaos which saw data fall into the hands of cyber criminals from Russia who hacked into Gloucester City Council, the authority will “just get a slap on the wrist”. The authority was targeted by hackers in late 2021 and public services across Gloucester were severely disrupted during the following year.
> The now disbanded group of Russian cyber criminals compromised the council’s systems by using a “very sophisticated” spear phishing attack. Council officers became aware their systems had been compromised on December 20 that year and ransomware, a malicious computer programme, had encrypted their files.
> Payroll services provider UKG has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a cyberattack in 2021, capping a significant piece of litigation that emerged from the incident.
> A ransomware strike in December 2021 forced parts of UKG’s Kronos Private Cloud product offline, disrupting software that tracked employee hours during the Christmas holiday period. Some personal information, including that of current and former employees and contractors, was breached during the attack. […]
> The settlement also compels UKG to disclose to plaintiffs how much information was breached by hackers, and how many people it affected. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 17 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
> In Steinmetz et al. v. Brinker International, Inc., No. 21-13146, 2023 U.S. App. LEXIS 17539 (11th Cir. July 11, 2023), the Eleventh Circuit vacated the district court’s order certifying a nationwide class and California-only class in a data breach case. In so doing, it remanded the case with instructions to the district court to define the phrase “who had their data accessed by cybercriminals” and to analyze the viability of the California class.
> For employers facing data breach claims in class actions, this decision is instructive in terms of what reviewing courts consider in certifying a class, especially when class definition terms or phrases are broad.
> AlphV (aka BlackCat) threat actors have added Highland Health Systems in Alabama to their leak site.
> As proof of claims, they have leaked a number of files with employee and patient data or information, including part of a psychiatric intake form with a narrative from 2008. Other files are more current.
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