Emily Thompson reports: Tufts announced in a Thursday evening email to the community that its vaccine clinic provider, Pelmeds, has experienced a data breach involving images of patients’ insurance cards. The number of Tufts community members affected by the breach is still unknown. Tufts has ended its contract with the company and postponed all previously…
Author: Dissent
Internap Loses Customer Data, Shrugs, Doesn’t Apologize
raindog308 writes: Internap was the victim of a ransomware attack and responded today by announcing they were simply quitting a variety of businesses. On Wednesday, September 28th, between the hours of 2:11 am CDT and 5:41 am CDT, INAP was the target of a ransomware attack that affected the services we provide to you. Unfortunately, your services are…
Revenge telecom hacking by DESORDEN Group; third attack threatened
DESORDEN Group has added a new transparency demand to their attacks against Malaysian entities: victims must disclose the breach publicly if they have not paid the attackers. If the victim doesn’t disclose and Malaysian media does not report the incident, Malaysia should expect more breaches. The added demands arose after DESORDEN claimed they spent hours…
Albania weighed invoking NATO’s Article 5 over Iranian cyberattack
Maggie Miller reports: Albania was hit by cyberattacks earlier this year so debilitating that the government considered invoking a NATO declaration that could have pulled all member states into confrontation with Iran, Prime Minister Edi Rama said. It would have been the first time a NATO member state used a cyberattack to invoke Article Five…
Sydney teenager charged after allegedly blackmailing 93 Optus customers affected by data breach
Jake Lapham reports: A 19-year-old Sydney man has been charged after allegedly using information obtained during last month’s Optus data breach to blackmail people. It is alleged the man threatened 93 customers via text messages, saying he would use their details to commit financial crimes unless they paid $2,000. No customers paid the money. Australian…
WA: Columbia River Mental Health Services discloses long-running breach
Columbia River Mental Health Services in Vancouver, Washington has issued a press release about a breach that went undetected for approximately one year. From their press release: Columbia River Mental Health Services (“CRMHS”) recently became aware of suspicious activity related to certain CRMHS email accounts. CRMHS immediately launched an investigation, with the assistance of third-party…