Bill Toulas reports: Kelly & Associates Insurance Group (dba Kelly Benefits) is informing more than half a million people of a data breach that compromised their personal information. The Maryland-based health and life insurance agency has issued an update on a security incident it suffered last year between December 12-17, when unauthorized actors breached its IT…
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Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024 (1)
Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates (TCIDA) has now issued a press release and sent notification letters to patients affected by an attack they first discovered last July. According to their notice, on July 19, 2024, they learned of unusual activity in their network. Their investigation determined that an unauthorized individual may have accessed or…
Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
Leela Stockley reports that a data security incident at a Northern Light Health vendor may have compromised some patients’ information. The vendor, Compumedics, provides sleep disorder diagnostic services for health system patients seen at Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Northern Light AR Gould, and Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital. No report has appeared yet…
Breaches have consequences (sometimes) (1)
Connor Smith reports: Six months after a massive data breach that impacted students, families and school staff around the country – including each school district in Southeastern North Carolina – the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) has renewed part of its contract with the company at the center of the breach. On Monday,…
Kansas City Man Pleads Guilty for Hacking a Non-Profit
There’s an update to a case reported previously on this site. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri: KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo., man has pleaded guilty for hacking into the computer system at an area nonprofit. Nicholas Michael Kloster, 32, admitted during his plea that he caused…
British national “IntelBroker” charged with causing $25 million in damages; U.S. seeks his extradition from France
“IntelBroker” was arrested in France in February, 2025, but news of his arrest was first disclosed today by French authorities. Now the U.S. is revealing its charges against him as they seek his extradition from France. From the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, this press release: Kai West, a British…