Monongalia Health System in West Virginia issued a press release this week about a data breach that impacted patients, employees, and contractors. It was the second incident reported by them in a one-year period. But was this incident unrelated to the first incident or related to it? It’s not yet clear, let’s back up to…
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Aon hit by cyber attack
Luke Gallin reports: Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon was hit by a cyber attack on February 25th, 2022, according to an 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S. In its filing, Aon states that it identified a cyber incident impacting a limited number of systems. Read more at Reinsurance…
Breach Notification: Poor Transparency Complicates Response
Anyone trying to make sense of data breach trends faces a transparency challenge. Too often, a lack of detail undercuts consumers’ ability to assess their identity theft risk and businesses’ ability to block emerging attacks or ensure that their supply chains remain secure. Amen to that! Read Mathew J. Schwartz’s article on BankInfoSecurity.
HC3: Destructive Malware Targeting Organizations in Ukraine
HHS Cybersecurity Program has issued another alert and whitepaper report (202202280900): Executive Summary Leading up to Russia’s unprovoked attack against Ukraine, threat actors deployed destructive malware against organizations in Ukraine to destroy computer systems and render them inoperable. Destructive malware can present a direct threat to an organization’s daily operations, impacting the availability of critical…
Hackers interrupt Catholic charity’s online press conference on Ukraine
Hacktivists on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war have been busy. CNA reports that some hackers disrupted a Zoom event to stream obscenities and to post fake messages from participants — because disrupting faith-based events is always going to score points with the public, right? An online press conference by a Catholic charity on the…
Preparing for Cyberattacks and Limiting Liability
Lani M. Duffy and Richard A. Walawender of Miller Canfield write: The U.S. government and military experts have been warning U.S. companies that Russia may launch significant cyberattacks against critical infrastructure, financial institutions and businesses in retaliation for the sanctions imposed against Russia. Last week, the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (established in 2018 under…