Rite Aid was one of numerous entities affected by the massive MOVEit breach. In July, they disclosed that 24,400 patients’ pharmacy information including medication names and dates of fill, prescriber information and limited insurance information was involved. They were notified by their vendor of the breach on May 31. Now it is reportedly being sued,…
Category: Breach Incidents
Do IT Consultants victim of attack by Ragnar_Locker
On September 2, Ragnar_Locker added Do IT Consultants in Canada to their “Wall of Shame.” For its listing, they wrote: Due to high level negligence and careless network security of DO IT employees, has been allowed a huge leak which affected on clients of the DO IT company. No matter that they are an IT…
“i know it hurts your little dick seeing a true hacker like me in a crowd full of skids and sheep,” said a man with no knowledge of anatomy
After the arrest of Breached.vc’s owner “Pompompurin” in March, Breached.vc was taken offline by an administrator because it seemed likely the server had been compromised by law enforcement. Months later, the domain was seized by law enforcement. The arrest of Pompompurin and shuttering of the popular hacking forum left a void for those looking to…
Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists notifies 243,000 patients of cyberattack
On April 1, DataBreaches reached out to Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists (BOS) in Mississippi to ask about a claim by Abyss threat actors that they had compromised BOS. BOS never replied. But now, five months later, BOS submitted a breach notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office. The notification indicates that 242,986 people were affected by…
Janssen health database breached in cyber incident
Stefanie Schappert reports: IBM announced Wednesday that an unauthorized party breached the patient healthcare database it manages for the Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen CarePath platform. Many of the patients are or have been treated for serious diseases, such as cancer. […] IBM says the breach exposed the sensitive information of an undisclosed number of patients,…
Defence Housing Australia Investigates Third-Party Data Breach
Daniel Croft reports: An investigation by Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is currently underway after it was notified that one of its third-party service providers had been hit by a cyber attack. The organisation, which provides housing and accommodation for military personnel and their families on and off base, has stressed that while there has been…