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Class action lawsuits following breaches in the medical sector: do they help or make things worse?

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Dissent

In their predictions for 2023, the very first prediction by Mary T. Costigan, Jason C. Gavejian & Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis involved healthcare and medical data security and tracking: 2023 will see a significant increase in the number of lawsuits and perhaps OCR compliance reviews relating to medical information privacy and HIPAA, including new…

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Stratford University discloses ransomware attack — but which ransomware attack?

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Dissent

In September 2022, DataBreaches reported Stratford University had been the target of three ransomware attacks in previous months by REvil, Snatch Team, and Avos Locker.  Snatch Team and Avos Locker had informed DataBreaches that neither had encrypted Stratford’s files; they exfiltrated and attempted to ransom them. Stratford never responded to inquiries from DataBreaches about the multiple…

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Hive Ransomware’s infrastructure seized; law enforcement “hacked the hackers”

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dissent

After months of a “cyber stakeout” in which law enforcement officials lawfully hacked the hackers, one of the top ransomware gangs in the world had their servers seized and their operations dismantled. DataBreaches reported the seizure earlier this morning. Hive ransomware gang has been the subject of numerous posts on DataBreaches over the past two…

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Baltimore schools cyber attack cost nearly $10M: State IG

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Dissent

ABC News reports: Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. BCPS was hacked using a phishing email in November 2020 —…

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Ransomware : comment traque-t-on les gains des cybercriminels ? (Ransomware: how do we track the profits of cybercriminals?)

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

Valéry Rieß-Marchive explains how LeMagIT staff tracked Conti and Avaddon in 2021 using available tools and Blockchain activity and how developments since then have made tracking easier in some respects. He writes, in part (machine translation): A major development has occurred in the past two years, besides the Conti Leaks : awareness of bitcoin ransom payment…

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Former employee exfiltrated some employee data improperly — Credit Suisse AG

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Dissent

On January 20, the data protection officer for Credit Suisse AG filed a breach notification with the Maine Attorney General’s Office. According to their notice, a breach occurred on or about January 1, 2016. The exact date was unknown, and the breach reportedly wasn’t discovered until December 21, 2022. The summary description of the incident…

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