On March 29, DataBreaches.net reported a confirmed hack of Singapore retail furniture chain Vhive. Previous coverage of the attack, as reported by ALTDOS threat actors and as reported by the firm on their site can be found here. At the time of that publication, ransom negotiations between the firm and the attackers appeared to have…
Category: Breach Incidents
“Anonymous” tries to get this site’s post on MobiKwik censored
On March 30, DataBreaches.net posted an update to a controversial data breach that MobiKwik denies (previous coverage can be found here). The controversy subsequently escalated on Twitter when people started complaining that they had found their data in the leaked database and that it corresponded to what they had on file with MobiKwik. In addition…
Good Luck Explaining to HHS Why Your PHI is in GitHub’s Vault for the Next 1,000 Years
You may see a number of hospitals and covered entities issuing statements this week about a data security incident involving Med-Data (Med-Data, Incorporated). So far, Memorial Hermann, U. of Chicago, Aspirus, and OSF Healthcare have posted notices. Others should be or may be posting soon. Here’s DataBreaches.net’s exclusive report on the incident. Another Day, Another…
Update: BioTel Heart notifies patients of vendor leak. Did vendor fail to notify them?
A cardiac monitoring firm is now notifying patients after a Google search on their name in January led them to an August, 2020 report on this site about a vendor’s leak. But why didn’t they know about it already from the vendor last year or from the notifications this site had sent them last year?…
MN: Apple Valley Clinic notifies 157,939 patients about Netgain Technology breach
In November, 2020, cloud IT services provider Netgain Technology LLC experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in them taking some of their data centers offline. In December and January, they began notifying some of their clients. In January, Ramsey County notified 8,700 clients of its Family Health Division about the breach. In February, Woodcreek Provider…
TR: Cyber attack statement from Yemeksepeti
Yemeksepeti is an online food delivery chain in Turkey and Cyprus. A translation of a news report indicated that they announced having experienced a cyberattack on Thursday morning, 25 March. The type of information involved reportedly includes: Name Date of birth Phone numbers registered with Yemeksepeti E-mail addresses registered in Yemeksepet Address information registered to…