Today’s Poughkeepsie Journal has a news story about a phishing incident that appears to have been discovered in July, 2018 that affected an unspecified number of Health Quest patients. From the available information, it sounds like Health Quest first discovered email attachments in January, 2019, and then it took them until April 2, 2019 to…
Month: June 2019
NY: Broome County security breach put employees’ and clients’ personal information at risk
Katie Sullivan Borrelli reports: Broome County says an unauthorized individual may have had access to the personal information of county employees and individuals who receive the county’s care, including their Social Security numbers, medical records and bank account information. In a news release sent on its behalf by Mullen Coughlin LLC, of Wayne, Pennsylvania, the…
GandCrab ransomware operation says it’s shutting down
Does Hallmark have a card suitable for this? Catalin Cimpanu reports: The creators of the GandCrab ransomware announced yesterday they were shutting down their Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) operation, ZDNet has learned. […] “We successfully cashed this money and legalized it in various spheres of white business both in real life and on the Internet,” the GandCrab…
UK: Leicester City FC reveal details of ‘criminal online security breach’ related to online shop
Sam Dimmer reports: Leicester City say users of their online store had their personal and financial details compromised following a security breach. The club say the breach affected some users between April 23 and May 4. In a statement released today they say that supporters whose details were compromised were contacted immediately and told what…