Six months after DataBreaches reported that Fitzgibbon Hospital in Missouri had been the victim of a ransomware attack by Daixin Team, the hospital has finally disclosed the incident. In a notification, the hospital claims that they detected the unauthorized access on June 6. But then they immediately make a demonstrably false statement. They state, “Though…
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Retreat Behavioral Health addiction treatment centers hit by ransomware earlier this year
Retreat Behavioral Health (RBH) has addiction treatment facilities in Florida, Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. On July 1, 2022, they reportedly detected a ransomware attack. Letters were sent out this week, but because Massachusetts actually prohibits entities from providing important details in notifications to consumers, there’s a lot we don’t know about this incident yet. Specifically, the…
Worst breach notifications of 2022
This is the time of year when many sites compile their lists of worst breaches of the year. Some consider all sectors, some confine themselves to one sector. Many base their lists on number reported to some regulator. Over the years, I have compiled my own annual lists where the “worst breaches” were not always…
NC: Monarch notifies HHS of breach, but where are the details and notice?
On September 1, a listing on a dark web site by a group calling themselves Don#t_Leaks named MonarchNC as a victim. The listing did not appear for long. The only “proof” offered at the time was a filetree and a screencap of what might be an index of an inbox showing monarchnc.org domain in email…
Keeping Bad Actors Out of K–12’s IP Surveillance System
Eileen Belastock reports: K–12 districts are investing a larger portion of their budgets in new security technologies to create safer environments for their school communities. A 2020 study conducted by Omdia on behalf of the Security Industry Association showed the market for physical security equipment in K–12 and higher education was $716 million in 2020. The K–12…
250,248 Unifi Mobile customers affected by data breach, says TM
NST Business reports: Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) says 250,248 Unifi Mobile customers have been affected by a data breach on Dec 28. They comprised both Unifi Mobile’s individual customers as well as small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The telco said the type of breached data involved customer names, phone numbers and emails. No other information…