While the ransomware attack on the Oregon Department of Environmental Equality (DQE) is making headlines this month, there was also an update to a lawsuit stemming from the MOVEit breach in 2023 that affected 3.5 million Oregonians whose driver’s license and identity information was held by the Oregon Driver and Motor Vehicle Services. Aimee Green…
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Au: Hacking suspect nabbed over court file data breach
Farid Farid reports: A man has been charged with hacking Australia’s largest online court-filing system, but authorities believe the cyber crime hasn’t compromised any personal data. […] “NSW Police Cybercrime Squad detectives have laid charges in relation to last month’s serious data breach involving the Department of Communities and Justice,” Police Minister Yasmin Catley said…
Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico notifies patients of September 2023 cyberattack
Hospital Español Auxilio Mutuo de Puerto Rico didn’t discover on their own that their systems had been compromised, and then, despite outside expert help, they were unable to determine with precise confidence whose data was exfiltrated or whether it has been misused, but the hospital has now started notifying patients potentially affected by a breach…
Behavioral Health Resources of Washington state updates its data breach disclosure
On January 17, Behavioral Health Resources (“BHR”) notified the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a reportable breach, but not yet having determined the number affected, they used “501” as a placeholder. They also published a preliminary notice on their website. That notice indicated that on or about November 20, 2024, they…
Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office hacked; Data leaked
One of the many cyberattacks that has escaped recent media attention is an incident involving the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office in Maryland. Yesterday, data from the incident was leaked. The group known as Kairos added stattorney[.]org to its leak site on March 31, 2025. At that time, Kairos claimed that they had acquired 325 GB…
Don’t be so quick to claim there’s no reason to believe there’s compromise of patient info: Saturday edition
Here’s today’s example of how an entity may claim that they had no reason to believe patient data had been compromised, only to find that it had been. In February, Whitman Hospital & Medical Clinics (“WHMC”) in California discovered they had been the victim of a cyberattack that occurred between December 26 and February 28….