The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has been busy issuing notices about breaches this week. First, it warned providers about a fraud scheme involving medical records requests. Now it is notifying Medicare beneficiaries whose information was involved in a data breach where threat actors were able to create online accounts using beneficiaries’ information…
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Esse Health provides update about April cyberattack and notifies 263,601 people (1)
Update: Esse Health notified Maine that a total of 263,601 people were affected, but they notified HHS that 23,671 patients were affected. Esse Health has notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office that 263,601 people were affected by an incident they first disclosed in early May. Esse has 45 locations in and around the St. Louis…
Terrible tales of opsec oversights: How cybercrooks get themselves caught
Connor Jones reports: They say that success breeds complacency, and complacency leads to failure. For cybercriminals, taking too many shortcuts when it comes to opsec delivers a little more than that. In these cases, failure might mean the criminal doesn’t get access to the server with the most valuable data to copy, or fails to…
International Criminal Court hit with cyber attack during NATO summit
Euronews with AP reports: The International Criminal Court has been targeted by a “sophisticated” cyberattack and is taking measures to limit any damage. The ICC said the incident, which happened last week during the NATO leaders’ summit, had been contained but did not elaborate further on the impact or possible motive. “A Court-wide impact analysis…
Pembroke Regional Hospital reported canceling appointments due to service delays from “an incident”
On June 28, Pembroke Regional Hospital issued a press release. The Pembroke Observer reports: The Pembroke Regional Hospital (PRH) is currently experiencing service delays and has had to cancel certain appointments and procedures as a result of a cybersecurity incident that took place earlier this week. With the preliminary investigation complete, PRH President and CEO…
Iran-linked hackers threaten to release emails allegedly stolen from Trump associates
Rebecca Falconer reports: An Iran-linked cyberattack group that hacked President Trump’s 2024 campaign is threatening to release another trove of emails it has [allegedly] stolen from his associates, including White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and Roger Stone. The big picture: Reuters first reported the threat on Monday that the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on X called a “calculated smear…