One cyberattack is distressing enough. But has The Eye Clinic Surgicenter been attacked by two different groups this year? Silence is not golden if patient data has already been leaked. Last week, Meow Leaks added The Eye Clinic Surgicenter in Montana to their leak site. Meow’s site indicates that is offering 59 GB of files…
Washington D.C., Oct. 22, 2024 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged four current and former public companies – Unisys Corp., Avaya Holdings Corp., Check Point Software Technologies Ltd, and Mimecast Limited – with making materially misleading disclosures regarding cybersecurity risks and intrusions. The SEC also charged Unisys with disclosure controls and procedures violations….
In April 20218, DataBreaches reported a ransomware incident in February 2018 that had affected 81,550 patients of the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) – Providence Medical Institute (PMI) in California. The entity’s notification at the time indicated that patients’ names, dates of birth, details about medical records, and Social Security numbers had been involved in the…
Liisa M. Thomas, Kathryn Smith of Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP write: Pennsylvania AG Michelle Henry announced yesterday the launch of an online portal for businesses to report data breaches to the AG’s office. The portal launch comes before Pennsylvania’s new breach amendments take effect on September 26, 2024. One of the amendments will require businesses to report…
In September 2023, DataBreaches reported on an alleged ransomware attack involving Visiting Physician’s Network in Texas. The report provided screenshots of data leaked on the Threeam gang’s leak site and noted that Visiting Physician’s Network did not respond to inquiries about the breach. It is now one year later. DataBreaches has found no substitute notice,…
Suzanne Smalley reports: Whitepages is the latest data broker to be sued for allegedly flouting laws barring the publication of home addresses and other personal information belonging to judges, police officers, prosecutors and others in law enforcement. A retired West Virginia police officer filed a class action lawsuit against the company late last month for publishing his…