Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services (“RMCHCS”) in New Mexico has reportedly settled litigation stemming from a ransomware attack that DataBreaches first reported in February 2021. Although Conti ransomware threat actors had added the health care service to their leak site and leaked some patients’ protected health information as proof of claims, there was nothing…
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Activision did not notify employees of data breach for months
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports: On December 4, hackers successfully phished an employee at the games giant Activision, gaining access to some internal employee and game data. This data breach was not disclosed until last weekend, when cybersecurity and malware research group vx-underground posted on Twitter screenshots of the stolen data, as well as the hackers’ messages on Activision’s internal Slack…
UK: Rail minister’s laptop with confidential details of strike talks is stolen from pub
Amy Gibbons reports: A laptop belonging to the rail minister holding confidential information about strike negotiations was stolen from a London pub, the day after the biggest strikes in more than a decade. Police launched an investigation into the theft of Huw Merriman’s laptop on Feb 2. The investigation has since been dropped. […] A government spokesman…
Washington State city allegedly hit by ransomware
Jurgita Lapienytė reports: Lakewood is a city in Pierce County, Washington, with a population of over 63,000. BlackCat claimed it had breached Lakewood City Council and stolen over 250GB worth of data. “Because of their misunderstanding and inability to negotiate, we share information with you,” BlackCat said and shared a link to download 252GB of…
Ways and means committee demands investigation into 2021 taxpayer info leak
Katie Kerekes reports: Nineteen months after the confidential tax filings of American citizens were leaked, the House Committee on Ways and Means is seeking answers. In a letter to the Inspector General for Tax Administration, committee chairman Jason Smith (R-MO) relays his “expectations” regarding the “egregious and unprecedented” leak of this tax information, a duty which he affirms the…
Singapore data centre says no data loss discovered after report on hackers obtaining logins
CNA reports: Data centre operator ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has noticed no data loss or impact to its customer service portals following a hacking incident in 2021, it said on Tuesday (Feb 21). Through unspecified means, the hackers made away with login credentials – email addresses and passwords – for customer-support websites for STT…