Danny Palmer reports: A hacking and cyber espionage operation is going after victims around the world in a widespread campaign designed to snoop on targets and steal information. Identified victims of the cyber attacks include organisations in government, law, religious groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), the pharmaceutical sector and telecommunications. Multiple countries have been targeted, including…
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Kalispell hospital sued for patient data breach
Edward O’Brien reports: A Montana hospital is being sued for a data breach last year that compromised the personal information of over 200,000 patients. The lawsuit filed last month in Flathead County District Court alleges Kalispell-based Logan Health Medical Center lacked adequate cybersecurity to prevent the breach of patient names, phone numbers and insurance information….
Audit of the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange Uncovers 44 Unreported Data Breaches
HIPAA Journal reports: An audit of Connecticut’s Health Insurance Exchange, Access Health CT, by the state auditor has revealed Access Health CT suffered 44 data breaches over the last 3.5 years that had not been fully reported and that sufficient steps had not been taken to safeguard sensitive data. The Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange acts…
Thousands Of Indians Exposed In Data Breach Affecting Money Lending App CashMama
Bharat Sharma reports: Personal information of hundreds of thousands of Indians was recently leaked, revealing details such as full names, dates of birth, home addresses, national IDs, and much more. The data breach was discovered by Safety Detectives and affected users of CashMama, a now-defunct money lending platform based in India. CashMama’s S3 bucket (a…
Singapore moots bill to slap banks with higher fines for security breach
Eileen Wu reports: Singapore has taken another step towards a new bill that seeks to impose higher penalties on financial institutions that suffer a security breach as a result of oversight. It also looks to tighten regulations of digital token services providers to guard against money laundering and terrorist financing risks. If passed, the Financial…
Justice Department Investigation Leads to Shutdown of the Hydra Darknet Marketplace
The Justice Department announced today the seizure of Hydra Market (Hydra), the world’s largest and longest-running darknet market. In 2021, Hydra accounted for an estimated 80% of all darknet market-related cryptocurrency transactions, and since 2015, the marketplace has received approximately $5.2 billion in cryptocurrency. The seizure of the Hydra servers and cryptocurrency wallets containing $25…