Health data of more than 8 million people accessed by MOVEit hackers: US govt contractor

In what may be the largest health data breach reported so far in 2023, a government contractor affected by the MOVEit breach disclosed the breach in an SEC filing.  ANS reports: Maximus, a US government services contracting company, has confirmed that … Continue reading Health data of more than 8 million people accessed by MOVEit hackers: US govt contractor

UK: Ambulance patient records system hauled offline for cyber-attack probe

Lindsay Clark reports: Several UK NHS ambulance organizations have been struggling to record patient data and pass it to other providers following a cyber-attack aimed at health software company Ortivus. In a statement, the Sweden-headquartered softwar… Continue reading UK: Ambulance patient records system hauled offline for cyber-attack probe

CalPERS CEO gives update on data hack that exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates

Maya Miller reports an update by California Public Employee and Retirement System on the MOVEit breach by their vendor, PBI Research/Berwyn Group: In the Monday update, Frost said CalPERS has received nearly 4,000 calls about the breach at its own cust… Continue reading CalPERS CEO gives update on data hack that exposed Social Security numbers, birth dates

Hillsborough notifies 70,000 of potential data breach in health, aging services

C. T. Bowen reports: Hillsborough County has notified more than 70,000 people that a global data breach may have put their personal information at risk. The breach involved the MOVEit file transfer tool, a third-party service that complies with federal… Continue reading Hillsborough notifies 70,000 of potential data breach in health, aging services

Another business associate attack results in theft of patient data — Panorama Eyecare

Panorama Eyecare in Colorado is a physician-owned firm providing business associate services to vision care providers: Earlier today, the firm was added to LockBit’s leak site with a claim that 798 GB of data had been exfiltrated from four of the… Continue reading Another business associate attack results in theft of patient data — Panorama Eyecare

College learns that two of its vendors were impacted by MOVEit breach.

Earlier this week, DataBreaches reported that Imagine360 had the unfortunate experience of discovering that two of their file-sharing platforms had both suffered breaches within days of each other: Citrix and Fortra/GoAnywhere. Today we bring you anoth… Continue reading College learns that two of its vendors were impacted by MOVEit breach.