Collaborate Disseminate
Lukas Brandt writes: Criminals using the Amadey malware lost control of about 180,000 infected computers after operators from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) gained access to the operation’s backend and severed the connection between the… Continue reading Australia severs criminal access to 180,000 computers after breaching Amadey malware backend
Kalleigh Lane reports: If your school district used Frontline Central or School Health Management, your Social Security number, date of birth, or government ID could have been caught up in a cybersecurity incident. That risk applies to some adults and … Continue reading Student SSNs and Medicaid IDs Exposed in Frontline School Software Breach
David DiMolfetta reports: Searchable records identifying more than 41,000 current and former Department of Homeland Security employees and contractors were published Wednesday, exposing contact information and details about sensitive assignments across… Continue reading DHS personnel leak exposes contact details and sensitive job information
Maddie Baker and Spencer Landers As cyberattacks continue across Japan, companies are coming to realize the great financial risk of such attacks if their lax cybersecurity systems cause millions of peoples’ personal information to be leaked. Times Car,… Continue reading JPN: Times Car reporting ¥5.5 billion loss has firms bracing for data breach fallout
CoinTelegraph reports: South Korea’s crypto exchange Bithumb is investigating the extent of a data leak caused by a hack of its internal mobile system earlier this week, Yonhap News Agency reported Wednesday. Bithumb discovered the breach of its in-hou… Continue reading KR: Bithumb discloses data leak after internal system breach; One of three financial firm breaches reported that day
Sead Fadilpašić reports: Japanese internet giant GMO Group has told its customers to scan their computers for viruses, back up all of their data, disconnect the devices from the internet and then shut them down. The announcement, which literally told c… Continue reading Japanese internet giant GMO tells customers to shut down and disconnect PCs from the internet following data breach and ransomware threat
Grace Atta reports: The Northern Territory health department has backtracked on its claim that only five patients were affected by a privacy breach that led to pregnant women’s confidential medical information being shared with 28,000 followers o… Continue reading AU: Northern Territory Health backtracks on claim only five patients impacted by RDH privacy breach
Abbye Alexander, Esq., Henry Norwood, Esq., and Emily Taing, Esq. of Kaufman Dolowich LLP write: Recent caselaw suggests a shift in how courts analyze healthcare data breach claims. For years, defendants largely prevailed by arguing that plaintiffs cou… Continue reading Traceability becomes the new battleground in healthcare data breach litigation
In previous litigation involving Illuminate (J.M. v. Illuminate Educ. Inc.), the district court held that Illuminate could be considered a provider of healthcare under the wording of the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act. With that … Continue reading Court denies motions to dismiss in PowerSchool Data Breach Litigation
A press release from the U.S. Department of Justice: Artem Stryzhak, 36, a Ukrainian national, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for conspiracy to commit computer fraud in connection with a series of ransomware attacks that targeted hospitals,… Continue reading Ukrainian National Sentenced for Role in Hacking Hospitals, Businesses, and Governments as Part of Ransomware Conspiracies Causing Over $100 Million in Losses