Bailey Gallion reports: Cyber criminals accessed the identifying information of about 10,000 people last year through the email accounts of 12 Brevard County School Board employees, a school district spokesperson said Friday. The School Board became aware of strange activity in its systems on Oct. 31, 2020, and on Jan. 4 determined that someone had…
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Ro: Cluj County Council’s website was hacked by hackers. They are asking for $100 in bitcoins
Digi24 reports that the Cluj County Council was hacked and the threat actors demand $100 USD in BTC if the council doesn’t want the files dumped. The following is a translation of the defacement: All files have been encrypted and a backup copy of the site has been saved. If you do not want the…
WA: SEIU 775 Benefits Group notifying 140,000 about hack
On April 4, SEIU 775 Benefits Group in Washington experienced abnormal activity in their system and started investigating. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual had gained access to their systems and had deleted some files with personal and protected health information in the process. There was no evidence, however, that the unauthorized individual had…
WA: RX Pharmacy, LTC and RX Pharmacies notify patients after discovering hack of email accounts
KNDO and KNDU in Washington report: RX Pharmacy, LTC and RX Pharmacies says their email has been hacked after detecting suspicious activity and protected health information and/or personal information has potentially been compromised. It was discovered that a business email may have hacked on October 6, 2020. Letters have already gone out to those potentially…
Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notifies more than 330,000 patients of breach
On March 5, Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County in New York (“OADC”) became aware of suspicious activity involving its systems. Their investigation determined that an unauthorized actor gained access to certain OADC systems on or about March 1, 2021, encrypted files, and then claimed to have removed and/or viewed certain files. According to the notification…
Exclusive: What Happened? A dispute between NightLion Security and Astoria Company Escalates
A DataBreaches.net exclusive: It is not uncommon for a firm to deny allegations that they have been breached. It is not uncommon for a firm to acknowledge that there has been a breach but claim that it is not as dramatic as a researcher might claim. And it is not uncommon for researchers to receive…