The AlphV (aka Blackcat) ransomware group may have disappeared after a law enforcement seizure in December, and then an exit scam by its admin in March, but the impact of some of its breaches continues. While the Change Healthcare breach continues to make headlines, earlier breaches by Blackcat also continue to impact victims. In July…
On June 13, the INC Ransom group added Maryhaven in Ohio to their leak site. DataBreaches subsequently contacted Maryhaven to inquire what it was doing in response to INC’s claims. They did not reply, but subsequently posted a notice on their website that said, in part: We are aware that some of our systems are…
Two ransomware groups claimed to have attacked Consulting Radiologists. The notification is silent about any ransom demands. Consulting Radiologists LTD. (“CRL”)” in Minnesota is a physician-owned practice. On February 12, 2024, they detected suspicious activity on their network. An investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had accessed certain files and data. Those files contained patient…
Charles Gorrivan and Brody Ford report: Snowflake Inc. plans to close its own investigation this week into a hacking campaign that ensnared as many as 165 of its customers. The cloud data and analytics company hasn’t detected any unauthorized access into customer accounts since early last week, Chief Information Security Officer Brad Jones, said in an interview with Bloomberg News….
Joseph Cox reports: Google has accidentally collected childrens’ voice data, leaked the trips and home addresses of car pool users, and made YouTube recommendations based on users’ deleted watch history, among thousands of other employee-reported privacy incidents, according to a copy of an internal Google database which tracks six years worth of potential privacy and…
From the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, May 24: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has launched a new online breach reporting form for federal institutions subject to the Privacy Act as well as updated its online breach reporting form for businesses subject to the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA). The new online form for…