Giles Bruce reports: Microsoft has seized 338 phishing websites associated with a cybercrime service that targeted at least 20 U.S. healthcare organizations. Using a court order granted by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the tech giant’s Digital Crimes Unit disrupted RaccoonO365, which offers subscription-based phishing kits allowing novices to mimic official…
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FBI ‘aware’ of Anchorage health clinic data breach as hackers claim 60K patients impacted
Will Courtney reports: Days after an anonymous hacker group claimed they had leaked an additional 50,000 Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center patient records, an FBI spokesperson confirmed Monday they are aware of the claim. “The FBI Anchorage Field Office is aware of the alleged data breach affecting the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center and takes allegations of this nature…
US national charged in Finnish psychotherapy center extortion
Alexander Martin reports: Finnish prosecutors have charged a second individual — U.S. national Daniel Lee Newhard — with attempted extortion of the Vastaamo psychotherapy center. The Finnish Prosecution Service announced on Monday it had charged Newhard with aiding and abetting attempted aggravated extortion. It said the suspect, a 28-year-old, denies the offense. Officials did not…
Alphabet’s Verily covered up HIPAA violations, whistleblower says in lawsuit
Here’s another whistleblower suit recently filed. Ashley Capoot reports: Alphabet’s health tech subsidiary, Verily, used the health data of more than 25,000 patients without authorization and actively covered up those violations, a former company executive alleges. The executive, Ryan Sloan, claims Verily fired him after he discovered breaches of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or…
U.S. Senator accuses Microsoft of “gross cybersecurity negligence”
Bill Toulas reports: U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has sent a letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requesting the agency to investigate Microsoft for failing to provide adequate security in its products, which led to ransomware attacks against healthcare organizations. The Senator started the formal asking by saying that Microsoft should be held “responsible for its…
Kivimäki walks free during appeal over Vastaamo data breach
The Helsinki Times reports: Aleksanteri Kivimäki, convicted of thousands of cybercrimes linked to the Vastaamo data breach, has been released from custody by the Helsinki Court of Appeal. The decision followed two days of testimony from Kivimäki, who denied all charges. The court cited his prolonged pretrial detention as the reason for release. He has…