This seems to be the month in which many people affected by healthcare breaches in the summer of 2023 are first being notified individually (see, for example, reports on Southcoast Medical and Florida Community Health Centers). Here’s a third one: MNGI Digestive Health was the victim of a cyberattack on August 20, 2023. They reportedly discovered the breach…
Category: Breach Incidents
Cyberattack on prescription service MediSecure affects 13 million Australians
Angus Dalton reports: Almost 13 million Australians had personal and health-related data stolen in the MediSecure cyberattack earlier this year, making the mass hack one of the largest ever. The Melbourne-based online prescription service company announced it was the victim of a ransomware data breach in May. A week later, a hacker claiming to possess…
Senate demands answers from AT&T about breach
In what might be described as the regulatory equivalent of being called to the principal’s office, AT&T has been sent a demand letter by Senators about its breach. The letter, signed by Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley, the Chair and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology, and the Law poses some very…
Car dealer software slinger CDK Global said to have paid $25M ransom after cyberattack
Matthew Connaster reports: CDK Global reportedly paid a $25 million ransom in Bitcoin after its servers were knocked offline by crippling ransomware. Last week, CDK restored services to car dealerships across the US after a two-week outage caused by a “cyber incident” that looked a lot like a ransomware infection. The shutdown of CDK’s software platform caused…
Au: Healthed data breach exposes personal details
Michelle Wisbey reports: The personal details of a large number of GPs have been published online, in a data breach leaving doctors feeling ‘significantly concerned’. Australian healthcare educator Healthed confirmed that late on Sunday, 14 July, the company became aware of ‘a vulnerability within the Healthed website’ It traced this to work undertaken by a…
Data breach exposes millions of mSpy spyware customers
Zack Whittaker reports: A data breach at the phone surveillance operation mSpy has exposed millions of its customers who bought access to the phone spyware app over the past decade, as well as the Ukrainian company behind it. Unknown attackers stole millions of customer support tickets, including personal information, emails to support, and attachments, including…