Collaborate Disseminate
The timeline from their notification to consumers tells the sad story: Notice of Data Security Incident We are notifying you of a recent data security incident involving your personal information. This notice explains the incident, steps Xfinity has ta… Continue reading Comcast Cable Communications notifies 35,879,455 consumers affected by Citrix incident
Ishaan Negi reports: It has emerged that the Indian Council of Medical Research’s (ICMR) data bank contained over 81 crore Indians’ personal information, a startling discovery that shocked the whole country. The breach, which was uncovered by central i… Continue reading Four Held in ICMR Data Leak Case ISHAAN NEGI
In mid-November, DataBreaches reported that AlphV threat actors had added MeridianLink to their leak site. When their victim wouldn’t pay them, AlphV (aka “BlackCat”) filed a complaint with the Securities & Exchange Commission al… Continue reading If at first you don’t succeed, screw it up again?
Attacks on the medical sector continue. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center This week, the group known as Hunters International claimed responsibility for an attack on the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Washington. Yesterday, they dumped data from an atta… Continue reading Troubling attacks on medical sector continue: cancer center’s data leaked, specialty infusion pharmacies locked?
On December 8, DataBreaches reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had been the victim of a ransomware attack and that the then-unnamed threat actors were trying to extort patients directly. Today we learned that the threat actors are Hunters Inte… Continue reading Update: Fred Hutch Cancer Center attack claimed by Hunters International
Cardiovascular Consultants in Arizona is not the only U.S. medical entity the ransomware gang known as Qlin has hit. On December 4, Qlin added the Neurology Center of Nevada (NCN) to their leak site. They also provided screenshots as proof of claims. … Continue reading Neurology Center of Nevada allegedly attacked by Qlin
In November, Hunters International claimed that they had attacked Covenant Care. Since that time, they have been leaking what appears to be more and more patients’ protected health information (PHI) and employees’ personal information. Cove… Continue reading Covenant Care patient and employee data being leaked by ransomware group
On November 21, the Cactus ransomware gang added Petersen Health Care to its leak site. The listing has been updated since then. As proof of claims, Cactus leaked several screenshots of identity documents like passports. They did not indicate whether t… Continue reading Petersen Health Care allegedly a victim of a cyberattack, but not much is known at this point
Miklos Daniel Brody Retaliated Against His Former Employer, a Bank, by Damaging the Bank’s Cloud System and Stealing Valuable Computer Code SAN FRANCISCO – Miklos Daniel Brody was sentenced to 24 months in prison today for a network intrusion and for m… Continue reading Disgruntled Cloud Engineer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Intentionally Damaging His Former Employer’s Computer Network After He Was Fired
On October 25, DataBreaches reported that Akumin’s ability to provide diagnostic services at some locations remained disrupted two weeks after they detected suspicious activity on their network. What they subsequently identified as a ransomware a… Continue reading Did Akumin experience two cyber attacks in October and November? It has only acknowledged one.