CO: SECOP II platform affected by “presumed hacking” The SECOP II platform is a transactional platform with accounts for state entities and contractors used for submitting, evaluating, and awarding contracts. On May 3, La Agencia Nacional de Contratación Pública – Colombia Compra Eficiente reported a cyberattack on its SECOP II platform. The attack was announced…
Category: Breach Incidents
Peachtree Orthopedics alerts patients to cyberattack; third patient data breach in seven years
An Atlanta clinic alerts patients to at least its third incident involving patient data in seven years. Karakurt threat actors recently added Peachtree Orthopedics in Atlanta (Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic, P.A.) to their leak site. As often seems to be the case with Karakurt listings, the date on Karakurt’s post is somewhat confusing, and they make…
Justice Department Announces Five Cases as Part of Recently Launched Disruptive Technology Strike Force
Cases Mark Strike Force’s First Enforcement Actions Since Established WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced criminal charges in five cases and four arrests from five different U.S. Attorney’s offices in connection with the recently launched multi-agency Disruptive Technology Strike Force. The Disruptive Technology Strike Force is co-led by the Departments of Justice and Commerce…
Only months after dealing with one problem, Academy Mortgage gets hit with a ransomware attack
Months after agreeing to pay $38.5 million to settle federal charges it violated the False Claims Act by improperly originating and underwriting mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration, Utah-headquartered Academy Mortgage now finds itself in the also-unenviable position of having its sensitive files dumped on the dark web by the AlphV (BlackCat) ransomware group….
Warnings over NHS data privacy after ‘stalker’ doctor shares woman’s records
Today’s reminder that insider snooping can leave patients anxious, angry, and distrustful of ever sharing their protected health information again — even if they are not the patient who was victimized. Denis Campbell reports on an insider snooping case involving the UK’s NHS: The confidentiality of NHS medical records has been thrown into doubt after a “stalker”…
Ransomware attack on PharMerica affected 5.8 million patients
While the Fortra/GoAnywhere data breach by Clop is shaping up to be the biggest, or one of the biggest, breaches affecting HIPAA-covered entities and business associates in 2023, an attack by Money Message on PharMerica is currently the largest single breach reported so far this year, with almost 6 million affected. On April 8, DataBreaches…