The Council of Granada is a public entity providing direct services to citizens as well as technical, economic, and technological support to the city councils of the municipalities of the province of Granada, Spain. On December 29, 2022, the group known as “GhostSec” listed a Granada Council database at dipgra.es for sale, claiming they had…
Category: Breach Incidents
Medusa claims responsibility for Minneapolis Public Schools’ “encryption event,” provides proof of how much data they accessed
There’s another update to the “encryption event” first disclosed by Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) in February. As of their most recent last update, MPS had stated that they had been able to restore systems and no ransom had been paid. At that time, DataBreaches had not found any gang claiming responsibility for the breach or…
Alleged security breach leaves millions of dollars missing from Flutterwave accounts
Tage Kene-Okafor reports: Last month, Flutterwave, Africa’s largest startup by private valuation, was involved in a hack that resulted in over ₦2.9 billion (~$4.2 million) missing from its accounts, according to local tech publication Techpoint Africa. According to the documents seen by the publication and reviewed by TechCrunch, unknown actors transferred the funds across 28 accounts…
The Chautauqua Center notifies patients of breach; changes EMR provider
The Chautauqua Center (TCC) in New York has disclosed a HIPAA breach by a business associate. The business associate’s error resulted in the protected health information of 747 physical and occupational therapy patients being made accessible to other covered entities. According to their notification letter to those affected, the breach occurred on December 22nd at…
Another ransomware-related lawsuit settles: Preferred Home Care
Top Class Actions reports there is a settlement involving Preferred Home Care in New York. The lawsuit alleged the provider failed to protect employee and patient data from an attack in January 2021. The data breach allegedly compromised the information of 92,283 patients and employees, including sensitive health information and personal identifiers such as Social…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Stormous claims attack on Zurcal The Zurcal group, which belongs to the energy saving and efficiency sector, has been named by Stormous Ransomware in its Telegram channel. The attack was posted on February 24 with images showing invoices and plans. Stormous gave the victim one week to respond. In a subsequent post, Stormous added…