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Chris Boyle reports: New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $400,000 from one of New York’s largest dental insurance providers, Healthplex, Inc. (Healthplex), for failing to properly protect the personal and medical information of New Yo… Continue reading Attorney General James Secures $400,000 from Dental Insurance Provider for Failing to Protect Patient Data
Duncan Riley reports: U.S. government officers and cybersecurity experts are warning that the Chinese military is allegedly attempting to infiltrate critical infrastructure, including power and water utilities and transportation systems in the U.S. The… Continue reading Alleged Chinese cyberattacks target US power and water systems
Paul Sisson reports: Though Tri-City Medical Center got its operations back up and running 17 days ago, ransomware extortion efforts appear to be ongoing against the Oceanside hospital. Earlier this week, a cybersecurity expert noted in a message on X,… Continue reading Ransomware Group Publishes Stolen Medical Data
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.
Brittany Toolis reports: As if battling cancer isn’t hard enough, now patients at UW’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center are being extorted. Last month, the Cancer Center experienced a data breach, exposing data for an unknown number of patients. Some of t… Continue reading Seattle cancer patients face blackmail threats after recent Fred Hutch data breach
The Brattleboro Reformer reports: The Hinsdale school district is attempting to recover from a ransomware attack that occurred on Thursday morning. “School district officials are working with Primex, its cyber insurance provider, and a profession… Continue reading Hinsdale schools struck by ransomware attack
Jordan Robertson and Riley Griffin report: On March 15, 2020, just days after the US declared a national emergency because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the computer network for the US Department of Health and Human Services briefly vanished from the inter… Continue reading The Untold Story of a Massive Hack at HHS in Covid’s Early Days
Melissa Mecija reports: New records reveal how widespread a data breach was at the Sweetwater Union High School District. Information given to ABC 10News through a request from the California Public Records Act shows more than 22,000 people were affec… Continue reading Records reveal new information about Sweetwater Union High School District ransomware incident
On November 6, DataBreaches reported that Qlin threat actors claimed to have attacked Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd. and dumped more than 205 GB of data. At the time, DataBreaches reported that CVC had not responded to inquiries, their privacy office… Continue reading Update: Cardiovascular Consultants Ltd. ransomware attack reportedly affected 500,000 patients, guarantors, and staff