Vivienne Gulla reports: The records of around 42 million individuals are possibly affected by the 2023 data breach on Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth), according to the National Privacy Commission (NPC). NPC’s Maria Theresita Patula issued the statement during Monday’s oversight hearing of the House Committee on Appropriations regarding the budget of PhilHealth and the…
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Personal and health info leaked from Florida Department of Health
As an update to the Florida Department of Health ransomware attack reported yesterday: On July 2, threat actors known as Ransom Hub had claimed to have exfiltrated 100 GB of files from the state agency. They threatened to leak it if the state did not pay their demands, but Florida law prohibits state agencies from…
Cyber Attack May Have Exposed Alabama Student, Teacher Data
Rebecca Griesbach reports: The Alabama State Department of Education experienced a data breach in June that may have compromised some student and employee data, officials announced Wednesday. On June 17, information system staff interrupted and stopped an attack on the department’s computer system before hackers could fully access the system or lock it, according to…
Ransomware group who hit Indonesian government apologizes, hands over encryption key
Laura Dobberstein reports: Brain Cipher, the group responsible for hacking into Indonesia’s Temporary National Data Center (PDNS) and disrupting the country’s services, has seemingly apologized for its actions and released an encryption key to the government. That key was in the form of an 54 kb ESXi file. Its efficacy has not yet been confirmed….
Za: Cybersecurity breach causes lab test delays, says Gauteng health department
TimesLIVE reports an update on a ransomware attack on the National Health Laboratory Services. The attack was confirmed by NHLS on June 25 and is still significantly impacting services. DataBreaches has not spotted any ransomware group or threat actor claiming responsibility for this one. There are delays in processing laboratory tests across public health facilities…
State actor blamed for cyberattack on B.C. government systems
CBC reports: The head of B.C.’s public service has announced that there is a high degree of confidence a state or state-sponsored actor attempted to breach government systems in a cyberattack. Shannon Salter, head of the public service, announced that three separate attempts were made to breach government systems over the last month, with attackers…