Rivermend Health is notifying 1,300 patients who had information in an employee’s email account that was compromised. Rivermend detected suspicious activity from the account on August 10. Subsequent investigation determined that the account had been accessed beginning on or about July 27, and the access continued until August 11. Rivermend found no evidence that patient…
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Data breach at Arden Hills-based Catholic United Financial affects nearly 130K accounts
S.M. Chavey reports: A data breach at an Arden Hills-based financial services company serving Catholic Church members in the upper Midwest has affected nearly 130,000 current and former members. The unidentified hacker accessed the first and last names, mailing addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, insurance policy information, and Social Security numbers of members. Beneficiary…
We Heart It says a data breach affected over 8 million accounts, included emails and passwords
Sarah Perez reports: We Heart It, an image-sharing site used by 40 million teens as of a couple of years ago, is informing users their personal data may have been compromised. The company was alerted to a possible security breach last week that involved over 8 million accounts, it said on Friday. The breach took…
South Korean Gov’t Investigating Bithumb Security Breach, World’s Largest Cryptocurrency Exchange
Joseph Young reports: Local news publications and leading media outlets in South Korea have reported that Bithumb, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, suffered a security breach that affected 30,000 users on the trading platform. Seoul Central Prosecutor’s Office for Advanced Criminal Investigation has announced that it had taken over the case and…
Pizza Hut was hacked, company says
Josh Magness and Donovan Harrell report: Pizza Hut told customers by email on Saturday that some of their personal information may have been compromised. Some of those customers are angry that it took almost two weeks for the fast food chain to notify them. Read more on SacBee. I don’t see any notification on Pizza…
Advanced Spine & Pain Center Notifies 8,362 Patients After Two Possibly Unrelated Incidents
So this is a bit unusual. Advanced Spine & Pain Center in San Antonio notified its patients on September 25 following two concerning events that may or may not be related. The first involved some patients receiving phone calls asking them to pay outstanding balances. As part of investigating that incident, ASPC discovered that their server…