Mulkay Cardiology Consultants notifies almost 80,000 of ransomware attack

On Friday, Mulkay Cardiology Consultants at Holy Name Medical Center (“Mulkay”) notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of an incident they discovered at the beginning of September. According to their report, a total of 79,582 pe… Continue reading Mulkay Cardiology Consultants notifies almost 80,000 of ransomware attack

Data of 171,871 Deer Oaks Behavioral Health clients and employees dumped by ransomware group

Deer Oaks Behavioral Health in Texas is a behavioral health services provider of psychological and psychiatric services to residents of long-term care and assisted living facilities. On October 31, they issued a substitute notice on their website about… Continue reading Data of 171,871 Deer Oaks Behavioral Health clients and employees dumped by ransomware group

Summit Health has hundreds of locations. Were they victims of a cyberattack by LockBit3.0?

Summit Health is a for-profit, multi-specialty medical practice headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. It describes itself as a “physician-driven, patient-centric network committed to simplifying the complexities of health care and bringi… Continue reading Summit Health has hundreds of locations. Were they victims of a cyberattack by LockBit3.0?

Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

Linda Jacobson reports: Virginia’s Fairfax County Public Schools disclosed tens of thousands of sensitive, confidential student records, apparently by accident, to a parent advocate who has been an outspoken critic of its data privacy record. The docum… Continue reading Virginia’s Fairfax Schools Expose Thousands of Sensitive Student Records

It took an HHS complaint, but three years later, some Ventura Orthopedic patients are finally being notified of a ransomware attack

In August 2020, DataBreaches reported that the Maze ransomware gang had added Ventura Orthopedics to their name-and-shame leak site. At the time, Ventura did not respond to inquiries about whether they would confirm or deny the claims. And they did not… Continue reading It took an HHS complaint, but three years later, some Ventura Orthopedic patients are finally being notified of a ransomware attack

Boeing Confirms ‘Cyber Incident’ from LockBit Hacking Group

Rojoef Manuel reports: Boeing has confirmed a “cyber incident” in its parts and distributions business days after a ransomware group published threats against the company. The acknowledgment came after LockBit hackers said on Friday they had tapped “a … Continue reading Boeing Confirms ‘Cyber Incident’ from LockBit Hacking Group

Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information

Bill Toulas reports: Okta is warning nearly 5,000 current and former employees that their personal information was exposed after a third-party vendor was breached. Okta is a San Fransisco-based cloud identity and access management solutions provider wh… Continue reading Okta hit by third-party data breach exposing employee information

Wawa Data Breach Settlement’s $3 Million Lawyers Fee Rejected

Jennifer Kay reports: A federal appeals court has vacated over $3 million in attorneys’ fees awarded as part of a $12.2 million data breach settlement against Wawa Inc. The fee award issue now is remanded to the district court “to take a closer look at… Continue reading Wawa Data Breach Settlement’s $3 Million Lawyers Fee Rejected

Town of Iowa in Louisiana victim of ransomware attack: ALPHV publishes a portion of the exfiltrated documents

Marco A. De Felice reports: The ransomware group ALPHV (BlackCat) has published a first part of exfiltrated data from the Town of Iowa in the state of Louisiana. Approximately 250 scanned documents in PDF format have been released, some of which contai… Continue reading Town of Iowa in Louisiana victim of ransomware attack: ALPHV publishes a portion of the exfiltrated documents