Bill Toulas reports: A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer. A press release published yesterday by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit (SEROCU) explains that in February 2018, the convicted man, Ashley Liles, worked as an IT Security Analyst…
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After ransomware attack, state’s second-largest health insurer says patient data were stolen
Jessica Bartlett reports: The second-largest health insurer in Massachusetts said that patient data had been copied and taken from its systems during a recent data breach and that it is notifying patients that their information may have been compromised. Point32Health, which is the parent company of Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, has been actively…
Update: NCB Management Services breach affected more than 1 million, but how many more? (1)
On April 11, DataBreaches reported that a breach involving NCB Management had affected 494,969 Bank of America customers with past-due credit card accounts. At first glance, it appeared that the Pennsylvania collections firm had reported the breach to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, but closer attention revealed that it was Bank of America’s external counsel…
Insurance Information Bureau Of India Hit by Ransomware Attack: Hackers Demand $250,000 As Ransom
Sharad Natani reports: In a shocking turn of events, the Insurance Information Bureau of India (IIB) fell victim to a ransomware attack on April 2, 2023. The attack left nearly 30 server systems encrypted, rendering the agency’s data inaccessible. Initially, IIB officials chose to keep the attack under wraps. However, as the severity of the…
CommonSpirit expects to recover most of its $160M cyberattack costs
Nick Thomas reports: Chicago-based CommonSpirit, one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the nation, upped its current estimate of losses stemming from a cyberattack in October to $160 million when it released first-quarter results May 15. The original cost amount was estimated at $150 million. The better news is that the 143-hospital system is confident of…
Hacker Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Stealing Customer Credit Card Numbers
PHOENIX, Ariz. – Chirag Patel, 38, most recently of Norfolk, Virginia, was sentenced on May 8, 2023, by United States District Judge G. Murray Snow to 51 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. He also was ordered to pay $87,522.25 in restitution. Patel pleaded guilty to Computer Fraud. On numerous occasions…