Collaborate Disseminate
The ransomware gang known as Clop created massive headaches for numerous entities with attacks involving the exploitation of vulnerabilities in file transfer software. Since December 2020, the same gang exploited vulnerabilities in Accellion, Fortra… Continue reading Lawsuits Involving GoAnywhere Data Breach Consolidated at One Florida Federal Court
John Shirek reports that Atlanta Women’s Health Group just notified more than 30,000 patients about a data breach that occurred in April, 2023. As is too often the case, the incident resulted in the theft of patients’ protected health informati… Continue reading Atlanta Women’s Health Group notifying patients of April 2023 data breach
On January 24, DataBreaches was contacted by a spokesperson for AlphV (“BlackCat”) to see if this site would be interested in reporting on a breach involving BrightStar Care (“BrightStar”). BrightStar had been added to their dar… Continue reading Was BrightStar Care attacked by two different groups — or was there only one breach?
Fox4Beaumont reports: The Beaumont ISD phone system is now back online with a new vendor following a nationwide ransomware attack on January 23 that impacted the district’s entire phone system, according to information Jackie Simien, BISD’s… Continue reading Tx: BISD phone system now back online with new vendor following ransomware attack
The Guardian reports: A former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) software engineer who was convicted for carrying out the largest theft of classified information in the agency’s history and of charges related to child abuse imagery was sentenced to 40 … Continue reading Ex-CIA software engineer sentenced to 40 years for giving secrets to WikiLeaks
FTC says company’s poor security allowed hacker to steal sensitive data of millions of consumers, go undetected for months South Carolina-based Blackbaud Inc. will be required to delete personal data that it doesn’t need to retain as part of a settleme… Continue reading FTC Order Will Require Blackbaud to Delete Unnecessary Data, Boost Safeguards to Settle Charges its Lax Security Practices Led to Data Breach
Jeffrey Burt reports: President Biden is warning Congressional Republicans that he will veto any attempts to overturn the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) new requirement for public companies disclosing cybersecurity incidents. In a brief pol… Continue reading Biden Will Veto Efforts to Spike SEC Breach Disclosure Rule
Connor Jones reports: Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children’s hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of not targeting nonprofits. Stooping to new lows, the criminals are reporte… Continue reading LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children’s hospital
Hope Dean reports: At least one student is believed to have hacked into some of Fulton County Schools’ information technology (IT) systems, the district announced Wednesday. The breach involved one or more students from FCS Innovation Academy, a STEM-f… Continue reading GA: Students hack into Fulton County Schools IT systems, district says
Robert Legare and Nicole Sganga report: Hackers backed by the Chinese government are targeting U.S. water treatment plants and electrical grids, strategically positioning themselves within critical infrastructure systems to “wreak havoc and cause… Continue reading FBI director to warn Congress of dangers Chinese hackers pose to American infrastructure, innovation