Earlier this month, Broward County Schools disclosed a cyberattack that sounded pretty serious. But there did not seem to be any follow-up in the media or on their web site to explain exactly what had happened and with what impact. Now threat actors have leaked what appear to be ransom negotiations with the district. A…
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NC: Lexington Medical Center discloses vendor’s patient records data breach
Richard Craver reports: Lexington Medical Center said Friday that some patients have been affected by a data breach into the information technology platform of former third-party vendor Healthgrades Operating Co. Inc. The hospital said affected patients are being mailed notices by Healthgrades about the security incident. Healthgrades had assisted the hospital with patient and community…
AU: Service NSW unable to notify 54,000 customers impacted by cyber attack
Justin Hendry reports: Service NSW has been unable to reach more than half the 104,000 customers who had their personal information stolen in an email compromise attack against 47 staff members last year. The data breach, which exposed 736GB of data between March and early April 2020, is also now likely to cost up to…
NZ: Canterbury District Health Board apologizes for software privacy breach
Lee Kenny reports: Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB) has apologised for a software coding error which allowed people to see other patients’ private information when they booked a Covid-19 vaccination appointment. The error meant the details of 716 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. Read more on Stuff.
NY: Personal Touch Holding Corp. hit by ransomware attack at MSP, more than 750,000 affected
March 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Personal Touch Holding Corp. (PTHC) announced it is addressing a data breach it discovered on January 27, 2021. PTHC is the parent company of subsidiaries that operate Medicare-certified home health agencies, licensed home care service agencies, hospice at home services and Early Intervention Programs, as well as a managed care plan…
Jefit Data Incident Public Announcement
We are releasing a public announcement about a cyber-incident that may have exposed some of your Jefit account information (No financial data involved). If your Jefit account was registered before September 20th, 2020, your account might be impacted by this incident. We are also sending direct emails to users whose account might be impacted by…