Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Hackers Constantly Break 'Confirmation of Data Destruction' PromisesWhen a business that stores children's personal data gets hit by data-leaking extortionists, what should it do? For Instructure, which develops online learning platform Canvas, the answer was to pay a ransom, and tell victims, straight-faced, to have "digital confirmation of data destruction."

Inc Ransom is Leaking Stolen Data in At Least 2 Attacks, Including Pediatric InfoAt least three United Kingdom National Health Service hospitals are responding to recent cyber incidents, including a children's hospital and a heart and chest specialty hospital are both located in Liverpool and share IT systems. Inc Ransom claims to have stolen data from those two hospitals.

Pediatric Hospital and Safety-Net Facility Are Dealing With Recent IncidentsTwo Chicago hospitals are navigating the effects of recent cyberattacks. One, a children's hospital, has taken its IT network offline to respond to an incident, and the other, a nonprofit safety-net hospital, is being shaken down by cybercriminals asking for a hefty ransom in return for stolen data.