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PCS Revenue Control Systems data breach $1.135M class action settlement PCS Revenue Control Systems agreed to pay $1.135 million to resolve claims it failed to protect consumers from a data breach. The settlement benefits consumers whose personal infor… Continue reading More class action settlements and suits, Friday morning edition
Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports: In the first half of the year, more than 420 victims were claimed on the showcase site of the LockBit 2.0 franchise. This figure is lower than the reality. But to what extent? The examination of clues present in the source… Continue reading Ransomware LockBit: a hundred victims per month in the first half
Ever since threat actor groups started naming and leaking victims who do not pay their demands, groups have occasionally misidentified their victims. Today’s example is courtesy of Avos Locker, who added the Canadian Mental Health Association to… Continue reading When the data leak is not from the victim you named, Wednesday edition
SuperAlloy Industrial Company Ltd. (SAI) is an international company specializing in engineering and manufacturing lightweight metal products predominantly for the automotive industry. You may not recognize their name but might be driving around on th… Continue reading “You really don’t understand the situation…. Google about our team,” Hive tells victim
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Sharp Boys claimed that it had obtained data from Israeli tourism sites on Tuesday, including ID numbers, addresses, credit card information and more. Which sites were affected? The affected sites, according t… Continue reading Hackers claim to hit Israeli tourism sites
Frank Konkel reports: The Government Accountability Office is recommending the Department of Health and Human Services establish a feedback mechanism to improve the effectiveness of its data breach reporting process. The singular recommendation, issued… Continue reading GAO: HHS Needs Improved Data Breach Reporting
Although one of this year’s trends in cybercrime seems to be a return to the theft/extort model, some groups continue to encrypt victims’ files. On Saturday, DataBreaches received information pointing to an attack on Fitzgibbon Hospital in … Continue reading MO: Fitzgibbon Hospital hit by ransomware, sensitive data leaked
On June 8, Choice Health Insurance began notifying people of a data breach caused by human error. According to their notification to the California Attorney General’s Office, they learned on May 14 that an unauthorized person was “offering … Continue reading Choice Health Insurance notifying people after vendor error resulted in a data breach
KYMA reports: Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) said it mailed letters to thousands of patients whose information may have been involved in a recent cybersecurity incident. On April 25, 2022, YRMC identified a ransomware incident affecting some inter… Continue reading Yuma Regional Medical Center notifying approximately 700,000 patients of ransomware attack
Seattle-based MCG Health, LLC (“MCG”) provides patient care guidelines to providers and health care plans. According to a notice on their website that was also issued as a press release yesterday, on March 25, 2022, they determined that an unauthorized… Continue reading WA: MCG Health notifies patients and health plan members of data breach