Joseph Choi reports: Many former customers of Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) health plans woke up on Friday to discover they had been notified of insurance claims despite not being covered by the provider for some time, causing concerns that a security breach could have leaked customer information. Several people on social media on Friday…
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Sharp notifies nearly 63,000 patients of data breach involving payment portal
Paul Sisson reports: Sharp HealthCare, San Diego’s largest health provider, announced Monday that it has begun notifying 62,777 of its patients that some of their personal information was compromised during a hacking attack on the computers that run its website, sharp.com. Read more at San Diego Union-Tribune. Sharp’s notice can be found on their website….
Daylong 988 Suicide Line Outage Was Caused By Cyberattack
Amanda Seitz of AP reported: A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials told The Associated Press Friday. Lawmakers are now calling for the federal agency that oversees the program to prevent future attacks. “On December 1, the voice calling functionality of the 988 Lifeline…
WVa: Cybersecurity Incident Under Investigation in Berkeley County Schools — 19,000 Students Have Day Off
Marsha Chwalik reports: Students got the day out of school in Berkeley County on Monday (February 06), but it was a workday for staff. This after a cybersecurity incident in the district Friday. Berkeley County Schools sent out a message saying they are investigating the “cause and scope.” Berkeley County Schools experienced a network…
UT: Aspire Surgical notifying patients of data breach
Yet another one you probably hadn’t heard about yet. From a substitute notice on their website dated February 2: UT Specialty Dental Services, PLLC a/k/a Aspire Surgical announced today that it is notifying individuals whose information was involved in a recent cybersecurity incident. On December 7, 2022, Aspire Surgical discovered a cybersecurity incident that impacted…
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…