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,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Proposed $65 million Lehigh Valley Health Network data breach settlement may compensate some victims $80,000
In 2023, a ransomware attack against Lehigh Valley Health Network by AlphV (BlackCat) involved the threat actors leaking nude photos of some cancer patients. In reporting on one of the first class action lawsuits launched against LVHN, DataBreaches pointed out how significant this situation and litigation might be, in part, because of the nude photos…
FTC Takes Action Against Security Camera Firm Verkada over Charges it Failed to Secure Videos, Other Personal Data and Violated CAN-SPAM Act
August 30, 2024 – The Federal Trade Commission will require security camera firm Verkada to develop and implement a comprehensive information security program to settle allegations the company failed to use appropriate information security practices, which allowed a hacker to access customers’ security cameras. Under a proposed order, which must be approved by a federal…
American Radio Relay League paid $1 million ransom payment
ARRL is the national association for Amateur Radio in the US. Founded in 1914 by Hiram Percy Maxim as The American Radio Relay League, ARRL is a noncommercial organization of radio amateurs. ARRL numbers within its ranks the vast majority of active radio amateurs in the nation and has a proud history of achievement as the standard-bearer in amateur affairs. ARRL’s…
Reward for Information: Belarusian National Volodymyr Kadariya
REWARD FOR INFORMATION: BELARUSIAN NATIONAL VOLODYMYR KADARIYA REWARD OF UP TO $2.5 MILLION [Wanted poster in English-508 compliant] [200 KB] [Wanted poster in Belarusian] [240 KB] [Wanted poster in Russian] [240 KB] [Wanted poster in Spanish] [244 KB] NAME: Volodymyr Kadariya ALIASES: Vladimir Kadaria, Volodymyr Kadariya, Владимир Кадария, Andrii Kovalov DOB: 2 March 1986 POB: Belarus NATIONALITY: Belarusian CITIZENSHIP: Belarusian HEIGHT: 5’8” WEIGHT: 200 lbs HAIR…
Toyota’s cyber woes continue as latest breach marks fifth major IT incident in two years
Solomon Klappholz reports: Toyota is once again in the headlines after a hacker collective claimed to have exfiltrated 240GB of sensitive data from the car manufacturer’s internal systems. Toyota has confirmed its network was breached after a threat actor listed a 240GB trove of data stolen from the company’s internal systems on an underground hacking forum. The…