It appears that SIU was impacted by the Accellion breach that has been in the news a lot this past month. SIU is the first entity, however, to disclose that the incident impacted protected health information (PHI), although as DataBreaches.net reported, this site found what might be PHI in Jones Day’s dumped data. SIU does…
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TX: ProPath Notifies Patients of Data Security Incident
ProPath Services, LLC in Texas has notified patients of a data security breach stemming from compromise of two employees’ email accounts. The incident occurred in 2020, but ProPath doesn’t state exactly when they first discovered the breach. In a statement on their web site, the pathology service provider explains that on January 28, they learned…
NC: FBI investigating 8-day cyber attack after ransomware attack on Allergy Partners
John Le reports: Federal authorities are investigating the ransomware attack that caused a network outage at Allergy Partners locations in the mountains. The attack happened on Feb. 23 and continued for eight days as hackers wanted a king’s ransom of $1.75 million, according to a report filed with Asheville Police Department. Meanwhile, the staff was…
Right-wing militants furious after data leak exposes their involvement in paramilitary group
Travis Gettys reports: The data leak from the American Patriots Three Percent website revealed the names, phone numbers and photographs of members — who ranged in age from their 20s to 70s and were drawn from a variety of backgrounds — that were obtained by activists who posted the information on an internet archiving site, reported The…
Petersburg Medical Center talks about breach; says hospital will get new health records system
Angela Denning reports that Petersburg Medical Center has come out with more information about a medical records breach. They say about 200 patients were affected. The medical center sent out letters to all patients whose medical records may have been viewed by this employee. So, how did they find out about it in the first…
Hollywood’s Elite Private Schools Hacked
Gary Baum reports: Several top L.A. private schools’ digital servers have been breached in recent weeks, and law enforcement is investigating, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. In an apparent pattern, one or more hackers have published staff payroll documentation in email blasts riddled with racist, sexist and homophobic language. […] The institutions known to have been hacked…