There’s an update to a case announced in November 2022 in which five former Methodist Hospital employees in Memphis Tennessee were charged with criminal violations of HIPAA. According to the indictment, between November 2017 and December 2020, the five were charged with conspiring with Roderick Harvey to unlawfully disclose patient information in violation HIPAA. Harvey…
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San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department shuts down internet systems following recent cyberattack
Rob McMillan reports: More than two weeks after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was hit with a cyberattack, the department is still working to get all of its systems back online. Multiple sources have told Eyewitness News that the hack likely started after someone clicked a hyperlink that was malicious, and that suddenly encrypted…
Yellow Pages Canada confirms cyber attack as Black Basta leaks data
Update: On April 28, Yellow Pages issued a breach notification to employees affected by the breach. The notification reports that the types of information involved varied by individual and may have included name, email address, postal address, Social Insurance Number (where applicable), bank account information, emergency contact information, salary information, and date of birth. For…
Naivas Supermarket’s System Hacked, Data Stolen
Wycliffe Musalia reports that Kenya’s Naivas supermarket chain in Kenya has been the victim of a ransomware incident, but the chain assures customers that certain customer data such as payment card data was never at risk because it is not stored on their system. From the news report, it sounds like the company notified law…
Switch hacker Gary Bowser released from jail, will pay Nintendo 25-30% income ‘for the rest of his life’
Chris Scullion writes: Gary Bowser, the hacking group member who was convicted for creating and selling circumvention devices enabling users to play illegal backups on Switch and 3DS, has been released from prison early. Bowser was sentenced in February 2022 to 40 months in prison for his part as a member of a hacking group called Team-Xecuter, which in…
Federal office probes Guam Memorial Hospital network breach
Jolene Toves reports: The “unauthorized access” that prompted the Guam Memorial Hospital to shut down its network in March is now being investigated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, according to an acceptance letter addressed to a whistleblower who is only identified as “Leaky Leaks.” The acceptance letter, dated April 18, notified…