Bellone signs 13th emergency order related to year-old cyberattack by AlphV, delays county budget

Mark Harrington reports from Long Island: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone last week signed the 13th “local emergency order” tied to the September 2022 ransomware attack, delaying the county operating budget by a week while also declaring states … Continue reading Bellone signs 13th emergency order related to year-old cyberattack by AlphV, delays county budget

Ransomware group claimed to have hit a New Jersey cardiology group. Did they?

On September 2, the NoEscape ransomware group added Mulkay Cardiology Consultants to their leak site and claimed to have successfully encrypted them. “We have 60GB of confidential and personal data on more than 30,000 patients, scans, doctor&#821… Continue reading Ransomware group claimed to have hit a New Jersey cardiology group. Did they?

National Student Clearinghouse notifies California on behalf of almost 900 schools affected by MOVEit breach

Well, we expected there would be a lot of schools notified by the National Student Clearinghouse about the MOVEit breach, but now we have a bit more of the scope. NSC has notified the California Attorney General’s Office on behalf of almost 900 s… Continue reading National Student Clearinghouse notifies California on behalf of almost 900 schools affected by MOVEit breach

Pain Care Specialists may be feeling the pain of a ransomware attack

It appears that Pain Care Specialists in Oregon became the victim of an attack by AlphV. The threat actors added the medical entity to their leak site earlier today with some files with personal information on employees and patients. AlphV’s list… Continue reading Pain Care Specialists may be feeling the pain of a ransomware attack

Leander ISD sends email about students’ vaccination status to over 200 people

Melia Masumoto reports: Cedar Park Middle School sent out an email to 207 parents earlier this week, requesting updated vaccine records. But without blind coping the email addresses, every address on the email was visible to all the recipients. …… Continue reading Leander ISD sends email about students’ vaccination status to over 200 people

Attorney General James Reaches Agreement with Marymount Manhattan College to Invest $3.5 Million to Protect Students’ Online Data

NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced an agreement with Marymount Manhattan College (MMC), a private non-profit liberal arts college in New York City, to invest $3.5 million in data security to protect students’ online data… Continue reading Attorney General James Reaches Agreement with Marymount Manhattan College to Invest $3.5 Million to Protect Students’ Online Data

Mount Desert Island Hospital updates its breach disclosure again but still doesn’t reveal what data were leaked

On July 1, DataBreaches reported that  Mount Desert Island Hospital (MDIH) in Maine notified HHS on June 30 that 24,180 patients had been affected by a breach between April 28 and May 7. The types of protected health information involved included name,… Continue reading Mount Desert Island Hospital updates its breach disclosure again but still doesn’t reveal what data were leaked