As reported by vx-underground on Telegram: Tigo, a live video and chatting app for Android and iPhone, accidentally exposed 100,000,000+ user messages online. The app is mostly known for dating & for dudes being thirsty. vx-underground provided the following screencaps as proof, which they credit to Silas Cutler: Tigo is described on Google…
Author: Dissent
Over 100 fertility patients had data breached by N.L. Health Services
CBC News reports: When Kelsey Puddister-Collins opened an email from Newfoundland and Labrador Fertility Services on Tuesday, she said she was mortified to see the names and email addresses of over 100 people on the email list. Puddister-Collins’ information was among those shared in a data breach. The email was a survey about her experience in…
DEVELOPING: HCA Healthcare patient data for sale on hacking forum?
A new user on a hacking forum has listed patient data from HCA Healthcare for sale. “As of 2021, HCA Healthcare is ranked #62 on the Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.” the seller writes, adding Data is grouped by division into 17 files totaling to 27,700,000 rows. More…
Au: Atherfield Medical & Skin Cancer Clinic victim of cyberattack by Cyclops
Australia has experienced a number of significant cyberattacks on healthcare entities in the past few years. Now a relatively new ransomware group, Cyclops, claims to have attacked Atherfield Medical & Skin Cancer Clinic in Australia: In Cyclops’ listing (above), there is a date of June 29, which appears to be the date they uploaded…
Why ransomware groups are targeting Indian pharma companies and the healthcare sector; ClearMedi allegedly hacked
Naandika Tripathi reports: Just three months after a ransomware attack pulled down India’s largest drugmaker, Sun Pharmaceuticals, the threat actors went after another pharma company. Hyderabad-based Granules India was notified of a significant loss of revenue and profitability due to a cybersecurity attack in the last week of May. […] From Dr. Reddy’s to the…
Deputy U.S. Marshal Pleads Guilty to Obtaining Cell Phone Location Information Unlawfully
This Department of Justice – Office of Inspector General press release from June 30 is a recent reminder of the insider threat: A deputy U.S. Marshal pleaded guilty today to misusing a law enforcement service to obtain cell phone location information for personal use. According to court documents, Adrian Pena, 49, of Del Rio, Texas,…