On February 4, DataBreaches.net reached out to Nocona General Hospital (NGH) in Texas about an attack claimed by Conti threat actors the previous day. The hospital did not respond. On February 7, this site emailed NGH, writing, in part, “I see that Conti threat actors have dumped files that they claimed they copied and stole…
Category: Breach Incidents
Despite an alert from NYS DFS, some insurance companies with “instant quote” portals were victimized
On February 16, the NYS Department of Financial Services issued a cybersecurity fraud alert involving public-facing web sites where consumers could request “instant quotes” for car insurance or other products. The alert warned insurers that private information used to prefill requests was being stolen and misused for pandemic unemployment benefits fraud. At the time, they…
Updating: CaptureRx incident impacted more than 2.4 million. List of Entities.
Update as of July 13, 2021: The total number impacted has been updated by NEC Networks to 2,420,141. For the past two months, DataBreaches.net has been tracking reports involving NEC Networks, LLC d/b/a CaptureRx. CaptureRx is a specialty pharmacy benefits manager whose services include prescription claims processing, patient assistance program administration, and public health service…
Cybersecurity incident causes disruption and some delays at Ardagh Group
Global packaging group Ardagh is a supplier of recyclable metal and glass packaging for the world’s leading brands. It operates 57 metal and glass production facilities in 12 countries, employs more than 16,000 people with sales of approximately $7 billion. In 2018, Ardagh deployed Vectra Cognito AI solution. Vectra Cognitio AI uses Machine Learning intelligence…
Update to Sincera Reproductive Medicine (formerly known as Abington Reproductive Medicine) ransomware incident
On November 8, 2020, in a report called “Without Undue Delay,” DataBreaches.net noted that Maze threat actors had a listing on their dedicated leak site for “Abington Reproductive Medicine.” The proof of claim that they posted, though, was not from Abington Reproductive, leaving us confused as to whether Abington Reproductive had really been a victim…
NC: Update to Allergy Partners ransomware incident
Back in February, there were media reports that Allergy Partners in North Carolina had been impacted by a ransomware attack on February 23. The threat actors, who were not identified, reportedly demanded $1.75 million ransom. The medical practice was able to restore services in 8 days and noted that they had not paid any ransom….