Protenus, a healthcare compliance analytics company, has released its annual Breach Barometer report. Protenus has been making its annual report on health data incidents freely available since 2016 as the result of an ongoing collaboration between the firm and DataBreaches.net. DataBreaches.net compiles incidents and provides some of their statistical analyses and is compensated for its…
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Sebastien Vachon-Desjardins Extradited to the United States to Face Charges for Dozens of Ransomware Attacks Resulting in the Payment of Tens of Millions of Dollars in Ransom
Tampa, FL – A Canadian man was extradited yesterday from Canada to the United States on an indictment returned in the Middle District of Florida that charges him with conspiracy to commit computer fraud and wire fraud, intentional damage to a protected computer, and transmitting a demand in relation to damaging a protected computer arising…
UK’s ICO hits criminal defense firm Tuckers Solicitors with monetary penalty after ransomware attack
There’s an interesting monetary penalty notice involving a UK law firm stemming from a ransomware attack in 2020 and the ICO’s investigation of their data protection and security. The Information Commissioner announced today that it has issued Tuckers Solicitors a monetary penalty under section 155 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (“the DPA”). The penalty…
Twitter creates Tor onion site for those encountering censorship of its clear net site
Waqas reports: While Russia is blocking and banning social media platforms in the wake of its attack on Ukraine, Twitter has announced to launch Tor Onion Service to allow users continued access to the site. Simply put: you can now access Twitter on dark web without the need of using VPN although it is advised to use…
Unable to determine what files were accessed, Norwood Clinic notifies all 228,103 patients
Norwood Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama is notifying 228,103 patients of a hacking incident that left them unable to determine what, if anything, had been accessed. In a notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, the clinic’s external counsel reported that the breach began on September 20 and was discovered on October 22. The types of…
Yet more data from the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach appears on the internet
If Herman’s Hermits sang about the latest development in the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach, they’d probably sing: Third verse, same as the first A little bit louder and a whole lot worse Last month, DataBreaches.net reported that Sea Mar Community Health Center in Washington state had been sued in November, weeks after…