First Choice Community Healthcare (FCCH) is a non-profit healthcare system in New Mexico providing a range of services to the community. In a press release issued today, they describe a security incident that they discovered on March 27, 2022. The notice is also posted on their website. Their notice talks about how the incident “may…
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2022 Mid-Year Healthcare Data Breach Deep Dive — Protenus
Amanda Rogers writes: As we’re now midway through 2022, we thought we’d take a half-time pause to compare some data breach statistics in the healthcare space for the first half of 2022 to the first half of 2021. We’ll also provide insight on how to proactively take a stand to better protect your patients and…
Crypto Bridge Nomad Drained of Nearly $200 Million in Exploit
Sidhartha Shukla reports: Nomad, a bridge protocol for transferring crypto tokens across different blockchains, lost close to $200 million in a security exploit on Monday, according to security firm PeckShield Inc. The software system was drained of funds over hours and in small batches by various accounts, blockchain data shows. Read more at Bloomberg.
Hackers stole passwords for accessing 140,000 payment terminals
Zack Whittaker reports: Hackers had access to dashboards used to remotely manage and control thousands of credit card payment terminals manufactured by digital payments giant Wiseasy, a cybersecurity startup told TechCrunch. Wiseasy is a brand you might not have heard of, but it’s a popular Android-based payment terminal maker used in restaurants, hotels, retail outlets…
Article: How Privilege Undermines Cybersecurity
A new article appears to be of great relevance to discussions about how lawyers and “privilege” may thwart our efforts to get more transparency and may thwart our efforts to learn from others’ mistakes — and may even thwart the victim’s own ability to learn from any forensic investigation. Schwarcz, Daniel B. and Wolff, Josephine…
UK: Hive ransomware group threatens Bedford school, demanding ‘£500k or else’
Clare Turner reports: Hive Ransomware Group has hacked Wootton Upper School and threatened to post sensitive data unless the school pays out £500,000. In a message to students and parents, the cyber hackers claim to have infiltrated Wootton networks a number of weeks ago and “managed to encrypt all of Wootton organisation servers”, including Kimberley…