Collaborate Disseminate
Matthew Dietz reports: The Campbell County School District announced Thursday that it was recently the target of a ransomware incident that allowed an unauthorized person to gain access to employee files. The school district did not specify when the in… Continue reading Employee files compromised after ransomware attack on Campbell County School District
Thomas P. Caldwell reports: Newfound Area School District is recovering from a Nov. 15 cyber breach, described as a ransomware attack because it locked users out, although the unknown hacker did not make a financial demand. Jason Sgro, a senior partner… Continue reading Newfound school district still working to recover data after cyber attack
Bill Toulas reports: Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 m… Continue reading Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
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
Updating a recent post, Russ Reed reports: A former information technology manager at a Massachusetts high school pleaded guilty Wednesday to targeting the school’s network during a cyberattack earlier this year. Conor LaHiff, 30, of Ayer, pleade… Continue reading Former employee of Massachusetts high school pleads guilty in cyberattack
Leon Stafford reports: Under normal circumstances, Henry County teacher Samantha Hawthrone’s third graders would pull out their Chromebooks when building pie charts and histograms. But last week, Hawthrone’s Austin Road Elementary School class was cons… Continue reading Prolonged internet outage forces Henry County Schools to return to basics
There’s a new leak site on the dark web this week, by an individual or individuals calling themself “DragonForce.” Most of the listings on the site are dated December 13 but appear to refer to attacks that were made previously. DataB… Continue reading New leak site reveals yet two more U.S. medical sector victims
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
Naomi Diaz reports: The American Hospital Association said HHS’ plan to levy financial penalties in the event of a cyberattack on a healthcare organization would be counterproductive. In a Dec. 6 statement, the AHA said it is advocating for the H… Continue reading AHA opposes HHS’ plan for cybersecurity fines