ARcare reports breach; Smile Brands updates its disclosure to 2.6 million affected

Two reports that I have been reading today: ARcare ARcare in Arkansas is notifying people whose personal and/or medical information may have been accessed or acquired in a malware incident. The malware enabled an unauthorized actor to access or acquire… Continue reading ARcare reports breach; Smile Brands updates its disclosure to 2.6 million affected

New York dental insurer reports phishing incident, French hospital group hit in ransomware incident

Healthplex, Inc. in New York provides dental insurance plans. On November 24, 2021, an employee reportedly fell for a phishing attempt. As a result, the insurer  notified 76,262 of their insured members whose personal information may have been impacted… Continue reading New York dental insurer reports phishing incident, French hospital group hit in ransomware incident

Silent no more: Exposing a campaign that intimidated researchers and journalists

On April 20, DataBreaches.net reported that a threat actor contacted this site to say that a researcher, @ido_cohen2, had been scared off the internet after the threat actor’s colleague(s) used a fake Emergency Data Request (EDR) to obtain the re… Continue reading Silent no more: Exposing a campaign that intimidated researchers and journalists

Illinois Gastroenterology Group is providing notification of breach first discovered last October

From their notification: Illinois Gastroenterology Group, PLLC (“IGG”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of certain individuals’ information. On October 22, 2021, IGG discovered unusual activity wit… Continue reading Illinois Gastroenterology Group is providing notification of breach first discovered last October

Illuminate Education breach that affected NYC schools spreads to other districts

Benjamin Freed  reports: A school district in Coventry, Connecticut, notified families of its students this week that students’ data may have been swept up in a breach of one of its vendors earlier this year. The breach-notification letter, dated Tuesd… Continue reading Illuminate Education breach that affected NYC schools spreads to other districts

Lewis and Clark Community College sends out notifications concerning ransomware incident

As reported previously, Lewis and Clark Community College was hit with a ransomware attack in November, 2021. They announced it immediately due to impact on the functioning of their systems, but it appears that they are just now issuing breach notifica… Continue reading Lewis and Clark Community College sends out notifications concerning ransomware incident