Prajeet Nair reports: Hitachi Energy joined the ranks of victims hit by the Clop ransomware group, which has exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Fortra’s widely used managed file transfer software, GoAnywhere MFT. Clop claimed responsibility for the hack, which compromised networks used by 130 different organizations. Read more at BankInfoSecurity.
Category: Breach Incidents
El Camino Health investigating claims of a data breach
El Camino Health is investigating a possible data breach involving patient data, but whose breach is it? On February 22, DataBreaches received a tip about a listing offering patient data allegedly from El Camino Health in California. The listing was not on any of the usual leak sites, markets, or forums, and the poster was…
Orlando Family Physicians data breach class action settlement
TopClassActions reports that a class action lawsuit against Orlando Family Physicians (OFP) has settled for an undisclosed sum. The settlement, which doesn’t include any admission of guilt by OFP, resolves claims surrounding an April 2021 data breach. The breach reportedly occurred when four OFP employees fell prey to a phishing attack. Although the attack was…
New threat group hacked EU healthcare agency and embassies, researchers say
Jonathan Greig reports: A new hacking group is targeting European countries and organizations in an espionage campaign that began in June 2022, according to new research. Cisco’s Talos cybersecurity team calls the new group “YoroTrooper” and said it has already successfully compromised accounts connected to a “critical” European Union healthcare agency and the World Intellectual…
Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer ChipMixer
Wednesday, March 15, 2023 Justice Department Investigation Leads to Takedown of Darknet Cryptocurrency Mixer that Processed Over $3 Billion of Unlawful Transactions Vietnamese Operator of ChipMixer Charged with Laundering Money for Ransomware Perpetrators, Darknet Markets, Fraudsters, and State-Sponsored The Justice Department announced today a coordinated international takedown of ChipMixer, a darknet cryptocurrency “mixing” service responsible…
AllCare Plus Pharmacy notifies 5,971 patients of phishing incident last year
AllCare Plus Pharmacy, Inc. is an IQVIA business in Massachusetts. This week, they notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a phishing incident that affected 5,971 patients. According to their notification, on June 21, 2022, AllCare discovered that some employees had received phishing emails. Their investigation revealed that some of the employees’ accounts had been…