Over the past few years, DataBreaches has reported on a breach involving Northeast Radiology and its business associate, Alliance Healthcare Services. In March 2020, Northeast Radiology revealed its patient data was involved in a breach Alliance notified them about in January, 2020. TechCrunch had contacted Northeast Radiology about its unpatched PACS servers in 2019, but…
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Germany suspects Russian cyber attack on research group
Richard Connor with dpa reports: Intelligence officials in Germany on Tuesday said they were probing a suspected Russian online attack on the German Association for East European Studies (DGO). The research group, specializing in foreign policy and international relations, is among several operating in Germany that Moscow has deemed “undesirable.” What the intelligence agencies said Both Germany’s…
Fall River schools chief: No insurance for cyberattack; says computer system remains down
Dan Medeiros and Emily Scherny report: The city’s public school computers will be down for the rest of the week after a cybersecurity attack infiltrated the district’s internal system — and a solution may cost the School Department out of pocket. At a joint meeting of the School Committee and City Council on Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Tracy…
Florida man known as “King Bob” pleads guilty to charges related to cryptocurrency theft
News4Jax reports: A 20-year-old Palm Coast man linked to a massive cybercriminal gang pleaded guilty in a Jacksonville federal courtroom Friday morning to charges including conspiracy and wire fraud. Noah Urban faced charges in two separate federal cases: charges in Florida that were unsealed in January 2024, and charges in southern California that were announced in…
Chinese hacker “Crazyhunter” behind ransomware attack on MacKay Hospital, others: CIB
Huang Li-yun and Matthew Mazzetta report that the hacker known as “Crazyhunter” on Breach Forums has been identified and prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for him: The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) on Wednesday said it had identified the suspect behind the hacking and attempted extortion of MacKay Memorial Hospital as a 20-year-old Chinese man,…
United States Unseals Charges Against Aubrey Cottle for Theft of Texas Republican Party Data
AUSTIN, Texas – The Department of Justice announced the unsealing of charges against Canadian national Aubrey Cottle, 37, of Oshawa, Ontario, in connection with the theft of data relating to the Texas Republican Party in 2021. Canadian authorities arrested Cottle on Wednesday and are pursuing charges under Canadian law. A criminal complaint filed in the…