Daixin Team is now claiming responsibility for — and leaking data from — an attack that has significantly impacted five Canadian hospitals in Ontario. TransForm Shared Service Organization provides IT, supply chain, and accounts payable services to Bluewater Health, Windsor Regional Hospital, Hotel Dieu Grace, Erie Shores Healthcare, Hospice of Windsor-Essex, and the Chatham-Kent…
Category: Breach Incidents
Exclusive: Hackers claim they still have access to Clark County School District (CCSD), and reveal more details about hack and stolen data
When reviews of data breaches in the education sector are written for 2023, they will almost certainly mention the 2022 attack on the Los Angeles Unified School District that wasn’t fully disclosed until 2023 and the Minneapolis Public Schools breach. Both of those incidents involved threat actors leaking sensitive information on students. But any 2023…
IL: Morrison Community Hospital patient data leaked by threat actors
On October 13, BlackCat (AlphV) threat actors first threatened to leak data from Morrison Community Hospital (MCH) in Illinois. Shortly thereafter, the listing was removed, only to be re-listed on October 19 with a claim by BlackCat that because the hospital had not given them a clear response, they were going to leak a little…
Stanford University Investigating “Cybersecurity Incident” (1)
Stanford University issued a statement yesterday: The security and integrity of our information systems are top priorities, and we work continually to safeguard our network. We are continuing to investigate a cybersecurity incident at the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) to determine the extent of what may have been impacted. Based on our…
Six months after data security incident, Fredericksburg Foot & Ankle Center notifies patients (1)
On October 24, the Fredericksburg Foot & Ankle Center (FFAC) in Virginia began mailing breach notification letters to almost 15,000 patients affected by a cyberattack. The letter’s “What Happened?” section simply stated, “As a result of a recent data security incident, an unauthorized person accessed our computer systems.” It did not mention ransomware or any…
Hackers escalate: leak 200k CCSD students’ data; claim to still have access to CCSD email system
Clark County School District (CCSD) in Nevada informed parents and employees that they became aware of a “cybersecurity incident” on October 5. Three weeks later, the district had not fully recovered from the attack and parents were complaining about the district’s lack of transparency about what was stolen in the breach. Disturbingly, while the district…