On January 20, the hackers known as 0mid16B tweeted, “At 7:40AM 20th Jan (US time), a US healthcare software provider has been hacked. All data in server has been deleted. 48 hours left before we publish all data.” The attached screenshot showed a listing of medications, but without any patient information attached. Two days later,…
With only two weeks until his trial was scheduled to start, Australian national David Kee Crees informed a federal court in Colorado that he wanted to change his plea to guilty. On January 15, he pleaded guilty to 14 out of 22 counts. Background Crees, a 26 year-old Australian, was known online as Abdilo, DR32,…
Jake Bleiberg and Margi Murphy FBI leaders have warned that they believe hackers who broke into AT&T Inc.’s system last year stole months of their agents’ call and text logs, setting off a race within the bureau to protect the identities of confidential informants, a document reviewed by Bloomberg News shows. FBI officials told agents across the country that details…
The individual known as “0mid16B” has been busy, it seems. They contacted DataBreaches on Wednesday to announce that they had hacked MedSave Health Insurance TPA Ltd (“MedSave”). MedSave is a third party administrator in India that partners with more than 10 insurance companies, processing and settling claims submitted by hospitals or insured members. MedSave lists…
Christopher Brown reports: PowerSchool Holdings Inc. is facing three federal lawsuits alleging the education software provider negligently failed to protect the personal information of students, parents, and teachers that was exposed in a December data breach. Sheilah Buack-Shelton, Tyler Baker, and Kimberly Kinney alleged in separate complaints that PowerSchool breached its duties under common law,…
Yesterday, PowerSchool disclosed that on December 28, it had become aware of a data breach that affected some, but not all, of its PowerSchool clients. PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) is used by school districts worldwide to help schools manage student educational records including grades, attendance, and enrollment. Emails were sent to all PowerSchool clients…