From the We-Wish-This-Was-An-April-Fools-Joke-But-It’s-Not department: It appears that another plastic surgery entity has fallen prey to a cyberattack, and once again, a lot of sensitive patient data has been leaked. Paul Vitenas, Jr., M.D., F.A.C.S. is the founder of Vitenas Cosmetic Surgery, Mirror Mirror Beauty Boutique, and the Houston Surgery Center in Texas. On March 5, …
Category: Breach Incidents
HK: Data breach of 128,000 ‘due to system fix and neglect’
RTHK reports: The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data says a data breach incident by ImagineX has led to nearly 128,000 people’s information being compromised. Failing to delete temporary accounts in a timely manner and the use of end-of-support operating systems were the main factors leading to the breach, the Office of the…
Former GCHQ intern admits top secret data breach risking national security
Here’s today’s reminder of the insider threat (well, this, and the fact that U.S. government officials continue to deny any problem with discussing attack plans on Signal). The Argus reports: A former GCHQ intern has admitted risking national security by taking top secret data home. Hasaan Arshad, 25, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, pleaded guilty to…
T-Mobile prepares $350 million payments for data breach settlement
Diego Pérez Morales reports: The 2021 cyberattack on T-Mobile exposed sensitive information of 76 million customers, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers. This breach led to a class-action lawsuit, culminating in a $350 million settlement in 2022. This agreement is notable as the second-largest data breach settlement in U.S. history, only surpassed by Equifax’s $700…
Memo: Hamilton County data breach has gone unreported
Joan McClane reports: Hamilton County officials were notified more than 240 days ago about a data breach potentially compromising financial information for more than 14,000 people, according to an internal memo this month. According to the memo from the county attorney’s office, affected parties and the public were supposed to be notified within 60 days, but that…
Attorney General James Secures $975,000 from Auto Insurance Company over Data Breach
From a March 20 press release from NY Attorney General Letitia James: NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James today secured $975,000 in penalties from Root, an auto insurance company, for failing to protect the personal information of approximately 45,000 New Yorkers. The data breach was part of an industry-wide campaign to steal consumers’…