On June 17, 2021, this site noted a breach involving San Juan Regional Medical Center that had been reported to HHS and posted on the entity’s web site. According to their notification on June 4, the breach occurred September 7-8, 2020, and the threat actor exfiltrated data at that time. In April, 2021, they allegedly…
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Verizon Phishing Scam Targets Customers Through a Text Message
Some of us were tweeting about this last night on Twitter. But for those who don’t read Twitter, Joseph Henry’s article may be a good alert to read and to share with your family and friends. The latest Verizon phishing scam was reportedly affecting many subscribers through a malicious text message. […] The specific contact,…
350 Qld border-pass applicants caught in police privacy breach
Matt Dennien reports: The Queensland Police Service has again been caught up in a privacy breach, this time involving the email addresses of more than 350 people – including AFP, Defence and Queensland Health staff –trying to return to Queensland. Read more on The Age. So after telling recipients to keep the invitation hush-hush, they…
Za: Ransomware attack crisis over, says justice department
Gill Gifford reports: Most online services, the payment of child maintenance to beneficiaries and the electronic recording of court proceedings is virtually back to normal after last month’s ransomware attack on the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. The September attack led to a massive crisis, causing major disruptions to all divisions — including the…
Ransomware Group FIN12 Aggressively Going After Healthcare Targets
Ravie Lakshmanan reports: An “aggressive” financially motivated threat actor has been identified as linked to a string of RYUK ransomware attacks since October 2018, while maintaining close partnerships with TrickBot-affiliated threat actors and using a publicly available arsenal of tools such as Cobalt Strike Beacon payloads to interact with victim networks. Cybersecurity firm Mandiant attributed…
Data Hack Hits Alumni of Harvard-Westlake Private School
Gary Baum reports: Students’ confidential academic files were hacked and exposed at Los Angeles private school Harvard-Westlake. Archived SAT scores, GPAs, transcripts and college recommendation letters were downloaded, then sent to a group of parents and the school newspaper, as well as The Hollywood Reporter. The materials encompass approximately 150 alumni who graduated over the past…