Summit Health is a for-profit, multi-specialty medical practice headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey. It describes itself as a “physician-driven, patient-centric network committed to simplifying the complexities of health care and bringing a more connected kind of care.” They have more than 2,800 providers, 13,000 employees, and over 370 locations in New Jersey, New York,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Jeffco Public Schools hit by the same threat actors that hit Clark County School District — and via the same way
How many school districts have to get massively hacked by the same method before the U.S. Department of Education, CISA, and states start really pressuring public school districts to address well-known vulnerabilities that are being exploited? Maybe that shouldn’t be a rhetorical question. Last night, DataBreaches was contacted by the same threat actors who claimed…
AU: ‘Curious’ pharmacist spied on patient records at The Alfred
Lachlan Abbott reports: About 7000 Alfred Health patients are victims of a privacy breach after a pharmacist working at Victoria’s leading trauma hospital accessed personal medical records without authorisation. Alfred Health wrote to every patient affected in a letter sent on Monday, seen by The Age, which said the pharmacist was dismissed after an investigation, launched…
Boeing Confirms ‘Cyber Incident’ from LockBit Hacking Group
Rojoef Manuel reports: Boeing has confirmed a “cyber incident” in its parts and distributions business days after a ransomware group published threats against the company. The acknowledgment came after LockBit hackers said on Friday they had tapped “a tremendous amount” of classified data from Boeing that would be leaked online if the company does not…
Wawa Data Breach Settlement’s $3 Million Lawyers Fee Rejected
Jennifer Kay reports: A federal appeals court has vacated over $3 million in attorneys’ fees awarded as part of a $12.2 million data breach settlement against Wawa Inc. The fee award issue now is remanded to the district court “to take a closer look at the reasonableness of the attorney’s fees in proportion to class…
Town of Iowa in Louisiana victim of ransomware attack: ALPHV publishes a portion of the exfiltrated documents
Marco A. De Felice reports: The ransomware group ALPHV (BlackCat) has published a first part of exfiltrated data from the Town of Iowa in the state of Louisiana. Approximately 250 scanned documents in PDF format have been released, some of which contain visible Social Security numbers (SSNs) of employees, employee salaries, balance sheets, birthdates, addresses,…