Note: The following notice concerns Haven Behavioral Hospital of Philadelphia and Haven Behavioral Hospital of Eastern Pennsylvania. DataBreaches.net also found that Cottonwood Creek Behavioral Hospital, Phoenix, Frisco (Texas), and Dayton (Ohio) Haven hospitals all published identical notices yesterday. A notice on Haven Behavioral’s web site is not specific to any named hospitals, suggesting that this incident may…
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FL: Polk County Schools says student information may have been exposed in data breach
WTSP reports: If you have a student who goes to school in Polk County you might have gotten a letter from a company called PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. about a data breach. Don’t throw that letter away. The Polk County School District says it’s legitimate and you might need the instructions that come on it…
Heart of Texas Community Health Center notifies some patients of email-related breach
Public Notice – HIPAA Security Breach – Heart of Texas Community Health Center (formerly “Family Health Center”) PUBLIC NOTICE NOTE: This information is only for female patients of Heart of Texas Community Health Center (formerly “Family Health Center” and hereinafter “Heart of Texas Community Health Center”) who are between the ages of 21and 65 and…
Threat actors leak files with protected health information from U. Miami
In December and January, threat actors successfully exploited multiple vulnerabilities in an older file transfer system by Accellion. A number of Accellion’s clients subsequently found themselves on the receiving end of extortion demands to either pay the threat actors, or have their data dumped publicly. A number of firms apparently refused to pay, and their…
NJ law firm provides notice of breach
PARAMUS, N.J., March 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — DeCotiis, FitzPatrick, Cole & Giblin, LLP (“DFCG”) is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of information for current or former clients and other individuals who were either directly or indirectly involved as a party involved in a DFCG legal matter. The confidentiality, privacy, and security…
MangaDex website taken offline following cyber-attack, data breach
The Daily Swig reports: A website that hosts free manga comics has been taken offline after malicious hackers allegedly gained access to a database that housed user data. The MangaDex site was taken down for maintenance last week (March 20) after an unknown actor gained access to an administrator account. The site’s maintainers said the attacker was…