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Yesterday, Bryan Lambert reported: Health care providers at Brockton Hospital are preparing to work off paper, not computers, for the next two weeks as the health care hub deals with an ongoing cybersecurity incident. The cybersecurity incident took m… Continue reading Brockton Hospital still dealing with aftermath of ransomware attack
Jones Day wasn’t the only big law firm to recently fall prey to threat actors variously known as Silent Ransom Group, Luna Moth, Chatty Spider, or UNC3753. DataBreaches will refer to them as the Silent Ransom Group (“SRG”).* In Januar… Continue reading Silent Ransom Group leaked another big law firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe
Laura Cress reports: A former Meta employee suspected of downloading around 30,000 private images of Facebook users is being investigated by the Metropolitan Police. The engineer, who lives in London, is believed to have designed a program to be able t… Continue reading Ex-Meta worker investigated for downloading 30,000 private Facebook photos
Yonhap News reports: Lotte Card has been notified by the financial watchdog that it is liable for around 5 billion won ($3.38 million) in financial penalties and a business suspension of over four months over a massive data leak, informed sources said … Continue reading Lotte Card given notice of $3M penalty, business suspension over massive data breach
Two firms recently told DataBreaches that about 30% or more of their clients pay ransom after a cyberattack. But you may get a different impression from other findings. The Actuary reports: Initial ransom demands by cyber attackers surged by 47% last y… Continue reading 86% of businesses refused to pay cyber ransoms in 2025 — Coalition Insurance
Rob White reports: A major pensions administrator is under investigation after admitting its second data breach in three years, the Government has confirmed. Capita, which runs the Civil Service Pension Scheme, confirmed that up to 138 retirees receive… Continue reading Capita under investigation after workers hit by pensions data breach
Upasana Sajeev reports an update to a case previously noted on this site: The Madras High Court has dismissed an appeal filed by cybersecurity specialist Himanshu Pathak against a single judge’s order dismissing his plea seeking directions to the… Continue reading Madras High Court Dismisses Plea By Cyber Security Expert Seeking Probe Into Star Health Security Lapses
Isaac Yee reports: A hacker has allegedly stolen a massive trove of sensitive data – including highly classified defense documents and missile schematics – from a state-run Chinese supercomputer in what could potentially constitute the largest known he… Continue reading A hacker has allegedly breached one of China’s supercomputers and is attempting to sell a trove of stolen data
I posted the following article this morning over on PogoWasRight.org, but I have had so many people sending me links to stories about this news that I guess I should have posted it here, too, as a future data breach. by Amanda Seitz and Maia Rosenfeld … Continue reading Trump’s Personnel Agency Is Asking for Federal Workers’ Medical Records
From HHS OCR: This video presentation is intended to raise awareness and provide practical education to HIPAA covered entities and business associates of the HIPAA Security Rule’s Risk Management requirement. Like risk analysis, effective risk manageme… Continue reading OCR Releases Risk Management Video