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WA: RX Pharmacy, LTC and RX Pharmacies notify patients after discovering hack of email accounts

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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Orthopedic Associates of Dutchess County notifies more than 330,000 patients of breach

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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Exclusive: What Happened? A dispute between NightLion Security and Astoria Company Escalates

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Dissent

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…

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Florida girl, 18, faces 16-year jail for hacking ‘homecoming queen’ contest with mom’s help

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Dissent

There’s an update on a hacking case first reported in March. Unlike high school students who hack to change grades, Emily Grover and her mother stand accused of hacking to rig the homecoming queen election in her favor. Now it appears that she will be charged as an adult to face multiple felony charges.

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Hackers Break Into Glovo, Europe’s $2 Billion Amazon Rival

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Dissent

Thomas Brewster reports: A cybercriminal has managed to break into the $2 billion-valued Spanish delivery startup Glovo. The hacker was selling access to both customer and courier accounts, with the ability to change their passwords, though the company has stressed to Forbes no credit card data has been stolen. […] Forbes was alerted to the breach by Alex Holden, chief…

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Then a Hacker Began Posting Patients’ Deepest Secrets Online

Posted on May 4, 2021 by Dissent

William Ralston has a piece on Wired to put a human face on what happened to Finnish therapy patients of the Vastaamo clinic.  The Vastaamo hack, extortion attempt, and data dump was one of the worst breaches of 2020 and  an absolute nightmare in terms of a breach exposing personal and sensitive information. And what…

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