HIPAA Journal reports: A class action lawsuit filed by two former patients against BJC HealthCare over a March 2020 email data breach has survived two motions to dismiss. Leaha Sweet and Bradley Dean Taylor took legal action against St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare in September 2020 after being notified that their protected health information had potentially…
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Marsh McLennan reveals April data breach involving third-party software
Gavin Souter reports: Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. was hit by a data breach in April involving access to Social Security numbers and other personal information of staff, former staff, clients and a range of other people linked to the brokerage. The company sent a breach notification dated June 30, which was obtained by Business Insurance, stating…
Russia ‘Cozy Bear’ Hackers Breached GOP as Ransomware Attack Hit
I could be wrong, but maybe Putin wasn’t being totally sincere when he indicated he would work with U.S. on dealing with hacking from Russia. William Turton and Jennifer Jacobs report: Russian government hackers breached the computer systems of the Republican National Committee last week, around the time a Russia-linked criminal group unleashed a massive ransomware attack,…
British Airways settles with 2018 data breach victims
Reuters reports: British Airways has settled a case brought by customers and staff affected by a massive 2018 data breach that led to personal information being leaked, the court-appointed lead solicitors in the case said on Tuesday. Law firm PGMBM said those affected by the data leak would receive a confidential settlement following mediation with…
Pk: Sindh High Court Website Hacked By Indian Hackers
Usman Aslam reports: In recent news, the official website of the Sindh High Court was hacked by a group of hackers known as the ‘Indian Cyber Troops’. The hackers had claimed the website on Sunday before it was recovered. In regards to this hacking, the officials of the SHC did not place a comment at…
Insurer Dominion National settles for $2 million in data breach lawsuit
Ax Sharma reports a settlement in litigation over a breach that was disclosed in 2019 but presumably began in 2010. Dominion National, Virginia-based insurance provider of dental and vision health benefits has reached settlement in the class action lawsuit concerning the decade-old data breach that exposed sensitive customer information of over 2.9 million patients. Although…