In addition to a breach reported by Renaissance, two other breaches involving protected health information were disclosed yesterday. Here’s what you might want to know about those: Cayuga Medical Center We are still first learning about some victims of the Accellion data breach that took place back in December and January when threat actors exploited…
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Health insurer notifies members after third-party vendor suffers ransomware attack
It appears that a third-party vendor has quietly paid ransom to unidentified threat actors. In a press release yesterday, Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America says they were notified on June 1 by their vendor, Secure Administrative Solutions LLC (“SAS”), of a ransomware incident that involved unauthorized access to its systems occurred between…
DOJ says SolarWinds hack impacted 27 state attorneys’ offices
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The Russian hackers who orchestrated the SolarWinds supply chain attack pivoted to the internal network of the US Department of Justice, from where they gained access to Microsoft Office 365 email accounts belonging to employees at 27 state attorneys’ offices, the DOJ said in a statement on Friday afternoon. Read more on…
Illinois AG Raoul Spends $2.5M On Ransomware Hack: Report
Jeff Arnold reports: Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office spent more than $2.5 million for cybersecurity after a ransomware hack in April that put the personal data of an unknown number of residents at risk and came after federal authorities told him that his office’s cybersecurity systems were lacking. …. In the meantime, Raoul’s office…
RI treasurer sues Facebook, Zuckerberg over alleged financial losses due to data breach
Katie Mulvaney reports: The state retirement system is suing Facebook and its co-founder, Mark Zuckerberg, alleging that the social media giant and its leaders breached their financial duties in connection with the collection of private data of millions of users. “As Treasurer, my job is to stand up for the financial wellbeing of all Rhode…
Zynga wins bids to compel arbitration, toss data breach case
Sara Merken reports an update to litigation following GnosticPlayers’ hack of Zynga in 2019: A California federal judge on Friday dealt a blow to plaintiffs suing mobile game developer Zynga Inc over a 2019 data breach, greenlighting a bid to compel arbitration of some users’ claims and granting a motion to dismiss the rest. The ruling in…