Late last month, researchers discovered a database owned by\nthe company THSuite<\/a> that appeared to contain information belonging to\nroughly 30,000 cannabis customers in the U.S. With no authentication, the\nresearchers were able to find contact information as well as cannabis purchase\nreceipts, including price and quantity, and even scanned copies of employee and\ngovernment IDs. Though many of the records were for recreational users, medical\npatients were also involved in the breach, which could prompt additional investigations\nregarding HIPAA violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At least 600 computers belonging to the library\nsystem<\/a> of Volusia County, Florida were taken offline after falling victim\nto an unconfirmed ransomware attack. While the libraries were able to get 50\ncomputers back up and running, many of their core functionalities are still\noffline for the time being. Though officials still have not confirmed that\nransomware was the cause of the shutdown, the attack is similar to ones\ntargeting multiple California libraries less than a week earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Information Commissioner\u2019s Office (ICO) was recently\ninformed of a data breach<\/a>\nthat could affect nearly 28 million students in the UK. A gambling firm was\napparently given access to a Department for Education database by a third-party\nvendor to complete age and ID verification, though it is unclear just how much\ninformation they were gathering. Both firms and the Department for Education\nhave begun examining this breach to determine if this requires a full GDPR\ninvestigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nRansomware Attack Shuts Down Florida Libraries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
UK Government Allows Gambling Firms Access to Children\u2019s Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
International Law Enforcement Efforts Take Down Breach Dealer Site<\/h2>\n\n\n\n