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Stephen Marcantel reports: It was early August when teacher Heather Vidrine first heard about a cyberattack on her former school district in St. Landry Parish, but she didn’t think much about it — even after her Facebook got hacked. Now, she’s left to … Continue reading A cyberattack hit thousands of people in Louisiana. They’re still in the dark months later.
DataBreaches first reported on Jesse William McGraw of Arlington, Texas, a/k/a “GhostExodus,” was when he was arrested by the FBI in June 2009 and then indicted in July 2009 on federal felony charges related to hacking into Carrell Clinic in Dallas, T… Continue reading Hacker breaks silence following a decade behind bars in Cybernews documentary
November 28 NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today warned New Yorkers impacted by a data breach at a medical transcription company, Perry Johnson & Associates, to take action to prevent potential identity theft. The company experi… Continue reading Attorney General James Warns New Yorkers Impacted by Medical Company’s Data Breach of Potential Identity Theft
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa in Pennsylvania recently reported a cyberattack that appeared to be by an Iranian-backed group, “Cyber Av3ngers” that shut down technology involved in the drinking water supply to Raccoon and Potte… Continue reading North Texas Municipal Water District hit by ransomware attack
It was predictable that threat actors would attack during Thanksgiving week when many people take off for the holiday and long weekend. Ardent Health Services was hit with a ransomware attack — and badly enough that hospitals wound up diverting e… Continue reading Hospitals in multiple states diverting patients after Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack
On October 15, Henry Schein, Inc. disclosed a breach: On Saturday, October 14, Henry Schein, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSIC) determined that a portion of its manufacturing and distribution businesses experienced a cybersecurity incident. Henry Schein promptly took… Continue reading Henry Schein re-encrypted by BlackCat again
Erika Stanish reports: The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa said on Saturday that one of their booster stations had been hacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group. Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the board of directors for the Municipal Water Autho… Continue reading Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa hacked by Iranian-backed cyber group
Tonya Riley reports: IBM Corp. and Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems Inc. face a Florida man’s proposed class action over an August data breach that potentially exposed the personal health information of more than a half-million people. Plainti… Continue reading IBM, Johnson & Johnson Hit With Second Health Data Breach Suit
Mary Boyle reports that Portneuf Medical Center in Idaho suffered a network outage on Thanksgiving. “The hospital’s IT team is working to determine the impact of the outage and restore access to the network. Meanwhile, the healthcare provider is follow… Continue reading “Network outages” experienced on Thanksgiving result in ER diversions in Idaho and Texas
Deanco Healthcare LLC, which does business as Mission Community Hospital (MCH) in California, has issued a breach notification about a ransomware attack it discovered in early May. According to their notification to the California Attorney General̵… Continue reading Mission Community Hospital issues notification for May 1 ransomware attack