Elizabeth Shores reports: Patients at CHI St. Alexius are receiving letters from Welltok, Inc., a third-party vendor, about a significant data breach. Welltok said it learned at the end of July about a data leak that had taken place during the summer. Welltok said it notified St. Alexius about the extent of the leak on…
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Update: Fred Hutch Cancer Center attack claimed by Hunters International
On December 8, DataBreaches reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had been the victim of a ransomware attack and that the then-unnamed threat actors were trying to extort patients directly. Today we learned that the threat actors are Hunters International, who listed the incident on their leak site. As of publication, they have not leaked…
Employee files compromised after ransomware attack on Campbell County School District
Matthew Dietz reports: The Campbell County School District announced Thursday that it was recently the target of a ransomware incident that allowed an unauthorized person to gain access to employee files. The school district did not specify when the incident occurred. The district said the incident impacted the availability and functionality of its computer network….
Newfound school district still working to recover data after cyber attack
Thomas P. Caldwell reports: Newfound Area School District is recovering from a Nov. 15 cyber breach, described as a ransomware attack because it locked users out, although the unknown hacker did not make a financial demand. Jason Sgro, a senior partner at the Atom Group, the cyber response company based in Portsmouth working to restore…
Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
Bill Toulas reports: Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 million people across 50 states, but this data breach notice concerns the California division of…
China issues draft contingency plan for data security incidents
Eduardo Baptista reports: China on Friday proposed a four-tier classification to help it respond to data security incidents, highlighting Beijing’s concern with large-scale data leaks and hacking within its borders. The contingency plan comes amid heightened geopolitical tensions with the United States and its allies and follows an incident last year when a hacker claimed…