SAN FRANCISCO – A federal grand jury handed down a superseding indictment today adding wire fraud to the list of charges pending against Joseph Sullivan for his role in the alleged attempted cover-up of the 2016 hack of Uber Technologies Incorporated, announced Acting United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI Special Agent in Charge…
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WV: Monongalia Health System notifies patients and employees of data breach
Some reportable HIPAA breaches occur in the context of bad actors trying to re-route wire payments. Monongalia Health System in West Virginia seems to have suffered that type of breach. The incident impacted the email system of Monongalia Health System and its affiliated hospitals, Monongalia County General Hospital Company and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital Company….
Ransomware attacks on CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA
Guenni reports: [German]CompuGroup Medical SE & Co. KGaA, a major medical services provider, has been the victim of a cyberattack. The Koblenz-based medical services provider admitted as much on Monday, Dec. 20, 2021. The internal IT systems are likely affected, which should affect some doctors, pharmacies, labs and clinics if they want to contact the…
Oops, did we miss these education sector breaches for k-12?
Came across these today while researching something else, so I thought I would just list them here for those who track k-12 breaches. Coffeyville School District in Kansas had a data security incident in July of 2020 that they detected in August of 2020. Their notification letter of February 2021 indicates that names and SSN…
Ca: Big White issues data breach alert
David Wylie reports: A potential data breach due to possible malware on Big White’s servers has prompted an alert from the resort’s CEO. In an email sent Monday to all vendors and suppliers to Big White, including the resort’s utilities, president and CEO of Big White Peter Plimmer said the company’s servers experienced “an unauthorized…
HSE given stolen data, including medical records, taken by criminals during cyber attack in May
Eilish O’Regan reports: The HSE has been given stolen data, including medical records, obtained by criminals during the May cyber attack, it emerged today. The material was given to the HSE by the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau who received it from the Department of Justice in the United States under a Mutual Legal Assistance…