Siddharth Prabhakar reports: CHENNAI: The case of breach of data of 3.1 crore customers of the Chennai-headquartered Star Health Insurance has taken a fresh turn with its MD Anand Roy, his wife Akhila Shetty Roy and CFO Nilesh Kambli allegedly getting threat messages delivered via courier from Hyderabad. A probe by the TN cyber crime…
Category: Breach Incidents
SK Telecom vows to take full responsibility for damage from recent data leak
Oh Seok-min reports on how SK Telecom is attempting to reassure panicked customers following a significant data breach: SK Telecom Co., South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, vowed Sunday to take full responsibility for any damage to customers caused by a recent network hacking incident involving the potential leak of subscriber information. Earlier this month, the…
Scattered Spider Hacking Suspect Extradited to US From Spain
Margi Murphy reports: An alleged member of the notorious Scattered Spider cybercrime group was extradited from Spain to the US on Wednesday, according to a Department of Justice official. Tyler Buchanan, a 23-year-old from Scotland, was arrested last year over his alleged involvement in the theft of sensitive data about American consumers and tens of…
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Phishing Attack Breach with Health Care Network for $600,000
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with PIH Health, Inc. (PIH), a California health care network, over potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). The violations stem from a phishing attack that exposed unsecured electronic protected health…
Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico notifies patients of September 2023 cyberattack
Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico didn’t discover on their own that their systems had been compromised, and then, despite outside expert help, they were unable to determine with precise confidence whose data was exfiltrated or whether it has been misused, but the hospital has now started notifying patients potentially affected by a breach…
Behavioral Health Resources of Washington state updates its data breach disclosure
On January 17, Behavioral Health Resources (“BHR”) notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a reportable breach, but not yet having determined the number affected, they used “501” as a placeholder. They also published a preliminary notice on their website. That notice indicated that on or about November 20, 2024, they…