Unauthorized access to a New Jersey Health Information Management (HIM) vendor’s portal has resulted in some patients’ protected health information being acquired and exfiltrated. Earlier today, DataBreaches was contacted by someone known to this site as “DarkFox.” DataBreaches has reported on DarkFox in the past without identifying them, but is identifying them this time by…
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District heating network in Elbląg attacked by hackers. Some customer data has been lost
The following is a machine translation. Radio Gdańsk reports: Cyber attack on Elbląskie Przedsiębiorstwo Energetyki Cieplnej – the IT network has been infected with malware. The result was the loss of some customer data. Fortunately, the attack did not disrupt key heat supply systems for residents. – The key systems in the company, servicing the district…
NetWalker affiliate Vachon-Desjardins agrees to plead guilty in Florida court
Joe Tidy reports: An ex-Canadian government IT worker has admitted to being a high-level hacker with a Russian cyber-crime group. Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins, from Quebec, Canada, has agreed to plead guilty in a Florida court. The 34-year-old was affiliated to the NetWalker ransomware crew, which has attacked companies, municipalities, hospitals, schools and universities. When he was…
AL: Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital has been the victim of a recent cyber attack
Chuck Williams reports: Jack Hughston Memorial Hospital has been the victim of a recent cyber attack, the hospital CEO Mark Baker has confirmed to News 3. [..] The hospital is continuing to see patients and the attack has not interrupted patient care. Read more at WRBL. via @Chum1ng0
Ransomware LockBit: a hundred victims per month in the first half
Valéry Rieß-Marchive reports: In the first half of the year, more than 420 victims were claimed on the showcase site of the LockBit 2.0 franchise. This figure is lower than the reality. But to what extent? The examination of clues present in the source code of the showcase site sheds new light… on the level of…
Former Uber security chief will have to face wire fraud charges in hack coverup
Uber’s former Chief Security Officer Joseph Sullivan will have to face wire fraud charges over his alleged role in covering up a 2016 hack that exposed the personal information of millions of Uber passengers and drivers. The breach and its aftermath continue to reverberate after it was disclosed that although Uber knew it had been…