Kimberly Bonvissuto reports: Tucson, AZ-based Watermark Retirement Communities is the latest victim of a data security breach, in this case one that may have compromised the personal information of 208 residents and others. The company sent out a notice on Wednesday that it became aware of a “cyber intrusion” in September. The senior living operator…
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Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification giant hit by ransomware
Lawrence Abrams reports: UL LLC, better known as Underwriters Laboratories, has suffered a ransomware attack that encrypted its servers and caused them to shut down systems while they recover. […] BleepingComputer has learned that UL suffered a ransomware attack last weekend that encrypted devices in their data center. Read more on BleepingComputer.
Kroger reports Accellion data breach affecting pharmacy records, associate HR data
Updated March 9: This incident subsequently appeared on HHS’s public breach tool as having been reported to HHS on February 19 and impacting 368,100 patients. Brian Planalp reports: Kroger is informing some customers and associates that a third-party software company it uses for data services recently suffered a data breach. Kroger’s own IT systems were not…
Yuba County was the subject of a ransomware cyber attack
David Wilson reports: Yuba County was recently the subject of a ransomware cyber-attack, which infected some of the county computer systems with malware, according to county spokesperson Russ Brown. The malware encrypted the affected systems and the attacker demanded payment from the county in order to obtain a decryption key. The county did not make…
CIS launches no-cost ransomware service for U.S. hospitals
Kat Jerich reports: The nonprofit Center for Internet Security announced this week that it had launched a no-cost ransomware protection service for private hospitals in the United States. The Malicious Domain Blocking and Reporting service, which is already available for public hospitals, health departments and healthcare organizations, uses Enterprise Threat Protector software from the cybersecurity…
Hundreds of University of Alabama – Huntsville email accounts compromised through phishing attempts
Anna Mahan reports: Multiple UAH email accounts were compromised through a phishing attempt in January, that’s confirmed by the UAH Office of Information Technology. Some emails impacted did contain personal information such as name, date of birth, or social security number. However, school officials say there was no server or directory impacted and no credit…