Law enforcement and experienced ransomware professionals generally advise victims not to pay any ransom demands. Yet the University of Hawaiʻi Community College decided that they would pay following an attack that they first disclosed on June 13. So why did they make that decision? In a statement on their website this week, they explain: After…
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NH: Lebanon students to finally receive grades from June after cyberattack delay
Nora Doyle-Burr reports: Middle and high school students in the Lebanon School District are expected to receive their grades for the academic year that ended in June next week. The delayed release comes after some of the district’s key systems were taken offline as a precaution following a June cyberattack. PowerSchool, a student information database where…
Read more Health3PT Releases Blueprint for Third Party Risk Management to Fix the Ineffective Cyber Risk Assessment Process for the Healthcare Industry
Survey finds 60% of covered entities and 72% of their vendors believe today’s third-party risk management practices are not effective: new guidance provides a consistent set of practices to reduce cyber risk for the health industry FRISCO, Texas–July 27, 2023–The Health 3rd Party Trust (Health3PT) Initiative today announced the release of the Health3PT Recommended Practices &…
ALPHV ransomware adds data leak API in new extortion strategy
Ionut Ilascu reports: The ALPHV ransomware gang, also referred to as BlackCat, is trying to put more pressure on their victims to pay a ransom by providing an API for their leak site to increase visibility for their attacks. […] Multiple researchers spotted earlier this week that the ALPHV/BlackCat data leak site added a new…
Health data of more than 8 million people accessed by MOVEit hackers: US govt contractor
In what may be the largest health data breach reported so far in 2023, a government contractor affected by the MOVEit breach disclosed the breach in an SEC filing. ANS reports: Maximus, a US government services contracting company, has confirmed that hackers exploited a vulnerability in MOVEit Transfer to access the protected health information of…
Crooks pwned your servers? You’ve got four days to tell us, SEC tells public companies
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle reports: Public companies that suffer a computer crime likely to cause a “material” hit to an investor will soon face a four-day time limit to disclose the incident, according to rules approved today by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC proposed the changes last March, and on Wednesday the financial watchdog voted…