By early December 2022, Hive ransomware gang had not only claimed responsibility for an attack on Knox College, but when the college hadn’t paid their demand, they contacted students directly. As NBC reported, the emails sought to get students to pressure the college to pay: “We have compromised your collage networks,” the email said, written…
Category: Breach Incidents
Bigger than they knew: Diligent Corp. sends more notifications after discovering hacked data on the internet
Diligent Corp is a software as a service company, headquartered in New York. In June, 2022, they disclosed an incident that occurred in May. According to their disclosure at the time, on or around May 21, 2022, an unauthorized actor accessed a network supporting Steele Compliance (a firm acquired by Diligent in February 2021). Diligent…
Heads up: Highmark Health will be notifying 300,000 patients of a phishing incident. Watch for your mail this month.
Highmark Health defines itself as a “national, blended health organization” that includes the Highmark Health Plan (a Blue Cross Blue Shield insurer); a regional hospital and physician network; and companies that offer dental solutions, reinsurance solutions, population health management, and technology solutions. Letters have not gone out yet and will not be going out in…
Four more attacks on the healthcare sector, weekend edition
UPDATE of Feb. 10, 2023: Regal Medical Group notified HHS that their incident impacted 3,300,638 patients. Original Post: It may be the weekend, but there’s no rest for the weary when it comes to tracking attacks on the healthcare sector. Here are four more incidents you may not have heard about already: Cardiovascular Associates Cardiovascular…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
EC: Seguros Equinoccial S.A data keaked by Vice Society On January 28, data allegedly from Seguros Equinoccial S.A. was added to Vice Society’s leak site. Seguros Equinoccial offers various kinds of life, auto, corporate, and other insurance plans to individuals, families, and businesses. Inspection of the leaked data revealed a folder called “bck” with 25…
Nonstop Health data and source code appear to have been leaked on hacking forum
Nonstop Health offers health insurance solutions to employers who have more than 50 employees receiving benefits. Headquartered in Concord, California, and Portland, Oregon, Nonstop Health has business associate agreements with its clients that covers protected health information. On January 17 and 18, data and source code allegedly from Nonstop were leaked on two popular hacking-related…