Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled out some interesting data points: Is it beneficial to involve law enforcement in a ransomware attack? According to the Report, organizations…
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Janssen health database breached in cyber incident
Stefanie Schappert reports: IBM announced Wednesday that an unauthorized party breached the patient healthcare database it manages for the Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen CarePath platform. Many of the patients are or have been treated for serious diseases, such as cancer. […] IBM says the breach exposed the sensitive information of an undisclosed number of patients,…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery notification — and what it doesn’t tell the patients.
On July 17, DataBreaches reported that BlackCat had added the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery (BHPS) to their dark web leak site. The June listing was updated to include photos that appeared to be proof of claims about their access to the clinic’s files. The doctors did not respond to DataBreaches’ inquiries in July, but on…
Defence Housing Australia Investigates Third-Party Data Breach
Daniel Croft reports: An investigation by Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is currently underway after it was notified that one of its third-party service providers had been hit by a cyber attack. The organisation, which provides housing and accommodation for military personnel and their families on and off base, has stressed that while there has been…
Minneapolis Public Schools starts notifying106,000 of ransomware attack
Joe Warminsky reports: Minneapolis Public Schools has begun notifying more than 100,000 people that their personal information may have been leaked after a cyberattack early this year. The school system started sending letters late last week, according to local media reports, and on Tuesday a notice posted on Maine’s data breach notification site said that 105,617 people were affected….
Ragnar_Locker leaks data from Israeli Medical Center
Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center in Bnei Brak was hit by a cyberattack on August 7. Patient care was not disrupted for some things, but the ministry instructed that the center’s outpatient clinics and imaging centers not accept patients and that the public not go to its emergency room until further notice. A week later, the…