CORRECTION: On January 17, DataBreaches.net learned that although this site accurately reported on statements made by Aimee Fant, Executive Director of Little Red Door Cancer Services of East Central Indiana (LRD) in an internal email to those involved in addressing a hack by TheDarkOverlord, the director’s statements to her staff and colleagues allegedly contained errors or somewhat misleading explanations….
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MA: Dracut schools employee data hacked after employee falls for phishing attempt
Employees of Dracut Public Schools in Massachusetts weren’t as fortunate as those at Kanawha County Schools in West Virginia. Rick Sobey and Todd Feathers report that current and former employees’ personal information, including SSN, was acquired by a hacker after an employee fell for what the district describes as a “sophisticated phishing scheme.” They did not report…
WV: Internal documents restored after ransomware hack on school district
WSAZ reports that Kanawha County Schools tell them their internal documents have been restored after a ransomware hack that occurred Wednesday evening. No personal information was reportedly accessed in the attack, and it appears that the school district did not pay any ransom. There’s no indication as yet as to how the attacker was able to inject the…
Japan gropes for cyberattack solution as victims suffer in silence
Ayako Mie reports: Last November, chilling news made headlines nationwide — the internal communications network of the Defense Ministry and Self-Defense Forces had been hacked in September, possibly by another nation. According to Kyodo News, the Defense Information Infrastructure, the high-speed, high-capacity communications network linking SDF bases and camps, was compromised. Following the report, Defense…
UK: Investigation after Barts Health Trust hit by cyber attack
Mark Chandler reports that the biggest NHS trust in London has been hit by a cyberattack, but the nature of the attack is not clear. Barts Health Trust, which runs four hospitals – The Royal London, St Bartholomew’s, Whipps Cross, and Newham – report that although they initially believed it was a ransomware attack, they have ruled that…
Email account with patient information at U. Maryland doctors group hacked
Andrea K. McDaniels reports: A doctor’s practice plan affiliated with the University of Maryland School of Medicine has notified patients that somebody hacked the account of a physician assistant’s email account that contained the personal information of patients. The orthopedics practice at The University of Maryland Faculty Physicians Inc. mailed letters to about 1,500 patients…