In July, 2020, cloud software firm Blackbaud announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack that began in February of 2020 and continued until Blackbaud was able to kick the attackers out of their system in May. In order to try to protect their clients from having personal and sensitive information on…
Category: Breach Incidents
Patient data breaches disclosed by Nevada, Pennsylvania entities
Nevada Health Centers is notifying an unspecified number of patients after discovering an unauthorized person accessed an employee’s email account between November 20 and December 7. They do not think the motivation was to obtain ePHI as much as financial information about NHC, but with all the “potentially” kind of language, it will be hard…
‘Particularly Egregious’: US Fertility Hit with Class Action Over Month-Long 2020 Data Breach
Corrado Rizzi reports: US Fertility, LLC faces a proposed class action centered on a reported September 2020 data breach in which hackers armed with ransomware gained access to a trove of personal information from the fertility clinic support services company’s clients. The 29-page lawsuit in Maryland federal court says hackers were able to access US…
Leaks, leaks, leaks….
A small roundup of leak or breach reports from various sources and places in the world… Pakistan Bykea, a Pakistani vehicle-for-hire and parcel delivery company was found leaking its production server with more than 200GB of data containing more than 400 million records. Exposed customer PII included names, phone numbers, and email addresses, while Bykea…
Palfinger Group crippled by massive attack
As seen on the home page of their web site: PALFINGER Group is currently the target of an ongoing global cyber attack. IT infrastructure is disrupted at the moment (including sending and receiving emails, ERP systems). A large proportion of the group’s worldwide locations are affected. It is not possible to estimate the precise extent…
Hacker leaks data of 2.28 million dating site users
Catalin Cimpanu writes: A well-known hacker has leaked this week the details of more than 2.28 million users registered on MeetMindful.com, a dating website founded in 2014, ZDNet has learned this week from a security researcher. The dating site’s data has been shared as a free download on a publicly accessible hacking forum known for its trade…