Bill Toulas reports: Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago was forced to take IT systems offline after a cyberattack, disrupting normal operations and delaying medical care in some instances. Lurie Children’s is a Chicago-based pediatric acute care hospital with 360 beds, 1,665 physicians covering 70 sub-specialties, and 4,000 medical staff and employees. It is one of…
Category: Breach Incidents
Was BrightStar Care attacked by two different groups — or was there only one breach?
On January 24, DataBreaches was contacted by a spokesperson for AlphV (“BlackCat”) to see if this site would be interested in reporting on a breach involving BrightStar Care (“BrightStar”). BrightStar had been added to their dark web leak site that day but without any proof of claim. The spokesperson was offering to show DataBreaches data…
LockBit shows no remorse for ransomware attack on children’s hospital
Connor Jones reports: Ransomware gang LockBit is claiming responsibility for an attack on a Chicago children’s hospital in an apparent deviation from its previous policy of not targeting nonprofits. Stooping to new lows, the criminals are reportedly unwilling to reverse the attack on Saint Anthony Hospital, as they had done in previous cases such as…
Hackers obtain confidential information on Romanian officials after cyber attack at Parliament
Romania Insider reports: Hackers breached the database of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Parliament, after a recent cyber attack. They reportedly managed to obtain confidential information, such as the prime minister’s identity documents, medical analyses, and other personal data. The attack was reported after Digi24 discovered that a group of hackers was…
Russia Hit With Widespread Internet Outage Across Country
Bloomberg reports: Russia is facing a widespread internet outage that’s affected users across the country, with access to websites on the local .ru domain down. The issue was linked to a technical problem with the .ru domain’s global Domain Name System Security Extensions, or DNSSEC, which is used to secure data exchanged in internet protocol…
Ex-IRS contractor who leaked Trump’s tax returns sentenced to 5 years
Salvador Rizzo reports: A former IRS contractor who leaked a slew of confidential tax records filed by the wealthiest Americans, including those of President Donald Trump, was sentenced Monday to the maximum of five years in prison. Charles Littlejohn pleaded guilty last year to one count of unauthorized disclosure of income tax returns. Littlejohn, 38, admitted that he…