The situation with the ransomware attack on Bluefield University continues to escalate. The attack by Avos Locker occurred on April 30. On May 1, the attackers used the college’s RAMAlert emergency system to blast messages to all students informing them of the breach and threatening to leak their data if the college didn’t pay them….
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Kabarak University ICT Manager suspended after uni’s Facebook account was hijacked
Charles Ouma reports: Kabarak University has announced the way forward after its Facebook account was seized by a group of cyber criminals that has been using the same to spread malicious and misleading images and content that contravenes the institution’s Christian values. A statement released by the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Henry Kiplangat assured all…
A rough year: first a ransomware attack, then a credential stuffing attack affecting more than 1 million patients.
On April 28, NextGen submitted a breach notification to the Montana Attorney General’s Office. Thinking it would be a report linked to the ransomware attack by AlphV (BlackCat) in January, DataBreaches prepared to write an update. But it turned out that it was not that incident. It was a seemingly unrelated incident. NextGen, a business…
VA: Fairfax County Public Schools breach exposed sensitve student information
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has had numerous breaches in the past 15 years, including one ransomware incident that affected more than 170,000 former and current employees and students. Here’s a recent incident that just showed up on a state attorney general’s website. FCPS’s notification for this latest incident states that on or about December…
Two class action lawsuits against home healthcare providers get preliminary settlement approval
Settlements in two lawsuits against home healthcare entities were announced recently on Top Class Actions. Both settlements have yet to receive final approval, but here’s what we know so far: Maxim Healthcare Group Maxim HealthCare Services provides staffing for nursing services that include in-home services. A breach in October – December 2020 affected staff but…
NY: University Urology notifies 56,816 patients of unauthorized access to their PHI
University Urology (UU) in New York City recently posted a notice about an incident on their website. Their notice, dated May 1, explains that on or about February 1, 2023, UU detected suspicious activity in its environment. The investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had gained access to protected health information stored in UU’s system….