Genoa Community Hospital, aka Genoa Medical Facilities (“Genoa“) in Nebraska has issued a press release concerning a breach involving patient data. According to the release, in March 2025, Genoa learned of unusual activity involving one employee email account. The release does not indicate when the breach actually occurred or how the attacker gained access to…
Category: Breach Incidents
Seminole County Schools recovers money taken by hackers
Nick Papantonis reports: Seminole County Schools has recovered $1.3 million that was taken in a phishing scam several years ago, a district spokeswoman said. The hackers impersonated a vendor and emailed the finance department, requesting the district to update its banking details to direct payments to a new account. The December 2023 incident was reported to authorities…
Infinite Services notifying employees and patients of limited ransomware attack
On May 5, 2025, Infinite Services in New York became aware of suspicious activity when employees were unable to log into the network. “Several servers were off, but one remained on which had an extension from the threat actor group,” external counsel SpencerFane informed the New Hampshire Attorney General. “The electricity was unplugged from the…
Honeywell vulnerability exposes building systems to cyber attacks
Joe Burns reports: Vulnerabilities have been discovered in Honeywell’s smart building middleware that could allow hackers to manipulate physical systems or disable security alarms, cybersecurity firm Nozomi Networks Labs said Wednesday. Researchers at the cybersecurity firm have discovered 13 vulnerabilities affecting the Niagara Framework, which was developed by Tridium, a Honeywell company. […] Tridium’s Niagara Framework…
Recent public service announcements of note — parents should take special note of these
Parents often do not know what their children are up to — especially young children who may appear to be just playing games on a computer or chatting with others. Children are getting into cybercrime younger and younger and are actively being recruited. Read these public service announcements from the Internet Crime Complaint Center this week. …
IVF provider Genea notifies patients about the cyberattack earlier this year.
In February, DataBreaches reported that an incident involving Australia IVF giant Genea was the work of the Termite gang, who had posted proof of claims and also claimed to have 700 GB of files. Apparently, Genea still hasn’t revealed that to those affected, who only now are receiving notifications that their data was involved and…