Nate Nelson reports: Hackers breached a database maintained by Pilot Credentials, a recruiting company based in Austin, Texas, resulting in the theft of personal information from more than 8,000 pilot applicants for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The compromised data includes names, birth dates, Social Security and passport numbers, as well as driver- and pilot-license…
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Ransomware attack at Chattanooga State affects data of 1,244 people
Ellen Gerst reports: A ransomware attack discovered at Chattanooga State Community College in May compromised the personal information of 1,244 people, according to the college. The majority of the people affected had taken the GED test at the college’s testing center in 2012 and 2013, the college said in a news release Tuesday. Read more…
Barrow County notifies people of a breach that began more than a year ago
Barrow County in Georgia issued a breach notice about a breach of its email environment that occurred between March and August of 2022. Its notification, posted on its website, states, in part: The type of information at issue varied for each individual, but included a variation of the following: name; date of birth, Social Security…
Lumberton ISD cyberattacked, personal information stolen (Updated)
Dannie Oliveaux reports: Global hackers that took aim at a foreign government have also claimed responsibility for a data breach at Lumberton ISD, according to an email sent to an East Texas newspaper. Wanting to warn the local school district’s stakeholders about the compromised intel, staff from the out-of-town daily reached out to The Examiner…
‘No credible evidence,’ Formal complaint filed against local doctor at center of alleged cyber attack
There’s a troubling follow-up to an alleged cyberattack reported in May. Katelyn Ogle of KFOR reports: The Oklahoma State Medical Board has filed a complaint against a local doctor who claims her clinic was the target of a cyber attack, leaving former patients unable to get their medical records. “It just makes me sick, what…
National Student Clearinghouse notifies schools of MOVEit breach
On June 24, DataBreaches reported that the National Student Clearinghouse was one of the victims of the MOVEit breach by Clop, In that report, DataBreaches stated that the clearinghouse’s statements to date had not indicated whether they had paid any ransom demand, but DataBreaches had learned that their name had been removed from Clop’s leak…