Collaborate Disseminate
DysruptionHub raised the suspicion flag yesterday, but couldn’t get a straight answer from DOD as to whether refrigeration outages at 14 commissaries represented a cyberattack. The Military Times fared no better: With more than a half-dozen comm… Continue reading DoD confirms ‘refrigeration disruption’ at military commissaries
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hackers reportedly gained access to payment accounts used by two Russian fundraising projects supporting Ukrainians and political prisoners, exposing donor email addresses and limited payment card information. The unknown threa… Continue reading Hackers expose donor data from Russian fundraisers for Ukrainians, political prisoners
Bridget Byrne reports: Luminis Health is experiencing a cybersecurity incident affecting certain systems across its organization, according to a Facebook post Tuesday. “Our priority remains providing safe, high-quality care to our patients,” the health… Continue reading Luminis Health facilities dealing with a cyberattack
Adrian Cusack reports: The Data Protection Commission has fined the HSE [Health, Safety, and Environment] more than €600,000 over the mismanagement of historical records held at St Loman’s hospital, Mullingar, and St Conal’s Hospital, Lette… Continue reading IE: HSE fined €645,000 over data breach affecting Westmeath hospital
André Salkin reports: The Santa Fe school board approved a new cybersecurity policy this week but delayed a vote on a separate policy governing student data privacy, with most board members calling it too broad and too important to rush through. The d… Continue reading Santa Fe Schools Move Forward With New Cybersecurity Policy
A tip about Click2Mail was not the only interesting tip DataBreaches received on Thursday. We also received an email from someone who identified themself as a patient at Blossom Health, a US-based telehealth and psychiatry platform. “An extortion… Continue reading A rough day at the extortion office and a botched attack on Blossom Health.
On August 6, DataBreaches reported that Cardiology Associates of Port Huron (CAPH), a Michigan medical practice with 9 locations, appeared to have been breached by a group called Orova. As reported at the time, the listing included screenshots with per… Continue reading Time’s Up: Ransomware Group Claims 150,000+ Cardiology Patient Records. We’ve Seen the Data.
Connor Jones reports: The former Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) IT specialist previously accused of trying to pass secret and top-secret information to foreign spies has pleaded guilty following a successful FBI sting. Nathan Vilas Laatsch, then 28,… Continue reading US government snitch-finder pleads guilty to leaking state secrets to foreign spies
Rick Lane reports: A massive cache of internal builds from Valve has reportedly leaked online, including beta builds of several classic Valve titles and possible weapons from Half-Life 2’s cancelled third episode. The leak, which began circulatin… Continue reading A massive cache of Valve data has reportedly leaked online, appearing to include Portal 2’s elusive beta build and a potential weapon from Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Joy Agwunobi reports: Cybercriminals are ramping up preparations for the new academic year by creating thousands of education-themed websites and phishing campaigns designed to steal personal and financial information from students, parents and educato… Continue reading Cybercriminals build fake school websites as education attacks hit record high