On December 28, DataBreaches published snippets from a chat with a threat actor (TA) who claimed to have involvement with both the Fred Hutch cyberattack and the Integris cyberattack. In the course of that exchange, the TA surprised DataBreaches by claiming that they had threatened Fred Hutch with swatting patients. From DataBreaches’ previous reporting: “So…
Category: Breach Incidents
Family Healthcare notifying patients of November 2022 breach at Brady Martz & Associates
On September 8, Brady Martz & Associates in North Dakota disclosed a data breach in November 2022 that reportedly affected more than 53,000 individuals. Less than two weeks later, at least four lawsuits had been filed against the firm. Now, four months later, we see a notice from one of their clients: Family HealthCare was…
Erie VA Medical Center says it regrets veteran info disclosure
Keith Gushard reports: The Erie VA Medical Center says it regrets any preventable disclosure of sensitive veteran information and takes appropriate action to inform and protect impacted individuals as quickly as possible. The statement, issued Monday, comes almost eight full weeks after a printing error was discovered about the potential disclosure of limited information that…
Sébastien Raoult sentenced in federal court; could be out in less than 11 months
Earlier today, French natural Sébastien Raoult learned his sentence in federal court in Seattle. Raoult, aka “Sezyo,” had been detained in Morocco as he prepared to fly home to France after a vacation. His detention in response to a Red Notice led to an intense extradition fight. Raoult’s counsel urged France to request Raoult be…
Capital Health acknowledges a cyberattack last month but details are lacking
LockBit3.0 claims to have hit CapitalHealth.org in New Jersey. In a listing posted on their site on January 7, the threat actors write, “We purposely didn’t encrypt this hospital so as not to interfere with patient care. We just stole over 10 million files. Over 7 terabytes of medical confidentiality data valued at $250,000. That’s…
A point worth considering
Doug Levin recently wrote on Infosec.Exchange: Rant incoming. The frequency with which I read folks asserting that ‘education’ and in particular ‘U.S. K-12 schools’ are the most frequent ransomware target is so frustrating. Of course, that’s a nonsense assertion – and not supported by any reasonable read of the data. It is almost like the…