Evan Sweeney reports: Already fending off a class-action lawsuit, Banner Health is also the subject of an ongoing federal investigation into a June 2016 cyberattack that exposed patient data. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) launched an investigation in the aftermath of the attack that exposed data for 3.7…
Category: Hack
Six months after TheDarkOverlord attacked their district, School District 6 sends breach notification letters to parents
More than six months after the hacker or hackers known as TheDarkOverlord hacked and terrorized School District 6 in Columbia Falls, Montana, the district has sent parents breach notification letters revealing what they were able – and not able – to determine. Three versions of the March 19th letter, marked “Draft” and signed by Superintendent…
Expedia’s Orbitz says 880,000 payment cards hit in breach
Reuters reports: Orbitz, a subsidiary of online travel agency Expedia Inc (EXPE.O), said on Tuesday that hackers may have accessed personal information from about 880,000 payment cards. The unit said an investigation showed that the breach may have occurred between Jan. 1, 2016 and Dec. 22, 2017 for its partner platform and between Jan. 1,…
UK: Hackers possibly in the U.S. target more than 400 schools with bomb hoax
Camilla Turner and Helena Horton report: American hackers targeted more than 400 schools with a bomb hoax, as more than a dozen police forces across the country launch investigations. Many schools sent urgent messages to parents asking them to pick their children up on Monday morning and drew up emergency evacuation plans, after receiving an email which…
IA: Primary Health Care notifies patients after discovering hack of employee email accounts
From their press release, issued yesterday: Primary Health Care Inc. (“PHC”) is providing notice of an incident that occurred at PHC and may affect the security of protected health information of certain PHC patients. While PHC is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of the information, this notice contains details about the incident and…
Frost Bank investigating breach, contacting affected customers (Updated)
RJ Marquez reports: Frost Bank is investigating a breach after the company discovered unauthorized access to digital images stored in those customers’ commercial image archives. The San Antonio based-bank issued a statement that said Frost detected the unauthorized access to a third-party lockbox software program earlier this week and immediately launched an investigation. The software…