Trevor Quinn reports: Cybercriminals caused upheaval for 180 homeowners on a private group water scheme in the Erris area last week as their equipment was targeted in a politically motivated cyber-attack. Residents on the Binghamstown/Drum scheme were without their water supply on Thursday and Friday after the extraordinary incident as crews worked to repair the…
Category: Hack
CBIZ KA Notice of Data Privacy Incident (Prime Healthcare)
CBIZ KA, a third-party vendor for Prime Healthcare (Prime), discovered a security incident involving CBIZ’s use of MOVEit Transfer software, which has recently reported a security vulnerability. Prime takes the responsibility of safeguarding your information very seriously, and while Prime systems were not involved in the incident, CBIZ KA uses MOVEit Transfer to securely transfer…
East River Medical Imaging notifies 605,809 patients of breach
East River Medical Imaging recently sent out notices to 605,809 patients concerning a breach in September. According to a patient notice posted on its website, on September 20, 2023, the New York medical practice identified suspicious activity within its IT network. We immediately initiated our incident response process, began an investigation with the assistance of…
23andMe data breach: Hackers accessed data of 6.9 million users
Catherine Stoddard reports: 23andMe, a company that does genetic testing and traces ancestry through shared DNA, confirmed to FOX TV Stations on Monday that hackers accessed personal data of about 0.1% of customers, which amounts to roughly 14,000 people who have used 23andMe. Hackers were able to breach those accounts because the customers had used the same username…
AlphV claims they have started contacting some of Tipalti’s clients (1)
Following up on a somewhat atypical strategy to monetize an alleged attack on Tipalti, AlphV updated their leak site post today. It now reads: We are systematically reaching out to affected clients of Tipalti, the first batch (consisting of organizations with the most data exfiltrated), have been sent communications requesting initial contact. We will immediately…
Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China (1)
Anna Isaac and Alex Lawson report: The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal. The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation…