For a brief period yesterday, visitors to Hive ransomware’s leak site would have seen Partnership HealthPlan of California listed. According to the listing, the threat actors claim to have exfiltrated 850,000 unique records with name, Social Security Number, date of birth, address, contact information, and more. Hive claimed that they had 400 GB of stolen…
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Ca: 120 patients victims of Chatham-Kent Health Alliance privacy breach
The Chatham Voice reports: It happened again. Chatham-Kent Health Alliance (CKHA) officials report a large-scale breach of health records, and they say two staffers were responsible. The two people, already terminated by the alliance, went snooping into the health records of about 120 patients. Read more at The Chatham Voice.
Apple and Meta Gave User Data to Hackers Who Used Forged Legal Requests
More about the successful use of forged emergency data requests that Brian Krebs reported about yesterday. Now William Turton reports: Apple Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc., the parent company of Facebook, provided customer data to hackers who masqueraded as law enforcement officials, according to three people with knowledge of the matter. Apple and Meta provided…
‘I can fight with a keyboard’: How one Ukrainian IT specialist exposed a notorious Russian ransomware gang
Sean Lyngaas reports: As Russian artillery began raining down on his homeland last month, one Ukrainian computer researcher decided to fight back the best way he knew how — by sabotaging one of the most formidable ransomware gangs in Russia. Four days into Russia’s invasion, the researcher began publishing the biggest leak ever of files and data from…
Officials to give update on Newfoundland and Labrador cyberattack Wednesday
CBC News reports: Officials in Newfoundland and Labrador will give an update Wednesday on the cyberattack that paralyzed the province’s health-care system for weeks. Health Minister John Haggie and Eastern Health CEO David Diamond will talk about the attack and its impact on the health-care system beginning at 10:30 a.m. NT. The conference will be streamed on the…
Eight years later, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center breach victims will finally settlement checks
Paula Reed Ward reports: UPMC on Thursday will begin making payments to 66,000 employees who were victims of a 2014 data breach — as part of a settlement approved late last year. Employees were notified via an email on Monday that they will receive a payment notification with a link to claim it electronically. They…