C. Isaiah Smalls II reports that the Magellan Health NIA breach reported previously on this site has also impacted Florida Blue members. Florida Blue says “less than 1 percent” of its approximately 5 million members were affected. Read more on Miami Herald. The Magellan NIA attack impacted more than 55,000 members and patients of covered…
Category: Phishing
No patient information ‘misused’ after Salem Health employee email breach, spokesman says
Jonathan Bach reports: An unauthorized person gained access to employee email accounts at Salem Health Hospitals & Clinics, but a spokesman said Thursday that patient information was not “misused.” The unauthorized access happened in July; hospital officials don’t know if the person viewed any patient information in the email phishing attack. Read more on The Statesman. This…
Nikkei worker tricked into transferring $29 million into scammer’s bank account
BEC is still a thing. When was the last time you trained your employees on that? Graham Cluley reports: Nikkei, one of the largest media companies in Japan, with an empire spanning broadcasting, digital media, magazines, and newspapers such as the Financial Times, says that its US subsidiary, Nikkei America, has been scammed out of…
Europol Publishes Law Enforcement and Industry Report on Spear Phishing
The Hague — Today, 4 November 2019, Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) published a strategic report on spear phishing, reflecting the views of both law enforcement and private industry on one of the most prevalent cyber threats currently affecting organisations across the EU. Spear phishing describes the practice of targeting specific individuals within an organisation…
Geisinger Health Plan Notifies Members About Business Associate Phishing Attack at Magellan NIA
HIPAA Journal reports: HIPAA Danville, PA-based Geisinger Health Plan has discovered the protected health information (PHI) of some of its members has been exposed as a result of a suspected phishing attack on one of its business associates, Magellan NIA. Magellan NIA provides radiology benefits management services to the health plan, which requires access to…
Man Gets 12 Years for Phishing Attack on LA County Court Computers
Fred Shuster reports: A 33-year-old man was sentenced Monday to a dozen years behind bars for hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and using it to send millions of malicious phishing emails designed to retrieve employees’ banking information. Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba was also ordered by U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner to…