Omaha World-Herald reports: A December 2021 data breach put some OrthoNebraska patients’ personal and health information at risk, according to a statement released by the health organization Thursday. In early December 2021, an unauthorized individual or individuals gained access to an OrthoNebraska email account, sent out spam messages and gained access to protected personal and…
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Charlotte Radiology experiences data breach involving patient information
WSOC reports: Charlotte Radiology said it experienced a data breach involving patient information back in December. Channel 9 received a letter from the health care provider Thursday that said they identified the security incident on Dec. 24 and notified law enforcement. During the investigation, they also learned that between Dec. 17 and Dec. 24, an…
State unemployment, jobs services down around the country after cyberattack at GSI
Kevin Collier has more on the Geographic Solutions cyberattack previously noted on DataBreaches that is impacting state job services agencies around the country: A cyberattack has hit a company that handles unemployment claims and job placement for state governments, disrupting online services across the country. The departments of labor and related agencies have been affected…
Health Information Management vendor breach results in theft of patient info
Unauthorized access to a New Jersey Health Information Management (HIM) vendor’s portal has resulted in some patients’ protected health information being acquired and exfiltrated. Earlier today, DataBreaches was contacted by someone known to this site as “DarkFox.” DataBreaches has reported on DarkFox in the past without identifying them, but is identifying them this time by…
Hackers claim to hit Israeli tourism sites
Tzvi Joffre reports: A hacker group called Sharp Boys claimed that it had obtained data from Israeli tourism sites on Tuesday, including ID numbers, addresses, credit card information and more. Which sites were affected? The affected sites, according to the hackers, are hotels.co.il, isrotel.com, minihotel.co.il, tivago.co.il and danhotels.com. Read more at Jerusalem Post.
Cyberattacks: Karakurt makes a comeback with a bang
The following is a machine translation of an article by Valéry Rieß-Marchive: “A lot of May leaks are coming”. This is the message displayed in large print on the front page of Karakurt’s new showcase site. And he is not alone. It is accompanied by the announcement of future disclosures of data concerning 10 hitherto unknown victims. All are scheduled for…