Caitlan Butler reports: The Parkers Chapel School District has been hacked, and federal law enforcement agencies, in partnership with the State of Arkansas, are currently investigating the matter. John Gross, PCSD superintendent, said the district learned about the hack last Thursday, Sept. 29. “There’s rumors they’ve been in there for months, but I don’t know…
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Sony confirms MOVEit data breach impacted thousands in the U.S.
Bill Toulas reports: Sony Interactive Entertainment (Sony) has notified current and former employees and their family members about a cybersecurity breach that exposed personal information. The company sent the data breach notification to about 6,800 individuals, confirming that the intrusion occurred after an unauthorized party exploited a zero-day vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer platform. Read more…
“Sébastien had a large rock threatening to fall on his head” — Paul Raoult, on his son’s plea deal
On September 27, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that Sébastien Raoult (aka “Sezyo Kaizen”), a 22-year-old French national who had been extradited to the U.S., pleaded guilty to two of nine counts alleging fraud and aggravated identity theft. DataBreaches had been covering his case since he was detained in Morocco on a red notice…
Pathology Lab Has Most of Patient’s Data Breach Claims Dismissed
Bernie Pazanowski reports: A patient at a pathology laboratory who suffered a data breach can pursue his negligence claim against Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network, Inc., but all of his other claims were dismissed. Tri Thai said that the company was subject to a “massive and preventable cyberattack” that it discovered on Dec. 17, 2021. He…
Rock County Health Department in Wisconsin victim of cyberattack
Officials in Rock County, Wisconsin have confirmed to Recorded Future News that they experienced a cyberattack on September 29: “Since some systems are not yet fully operational, this may temporarily impact certain County operations. However, the public should experience minimal service disruption at this time. We are investigating the full nature and scope of this…
Aretis Health LLC notifies patients of 50 entities about MOVEit breach
Add Aretis Health LLC to the list of entities affected by the MOVEit breach. Aretis performs billing functions for NorthStar Anesthesia, and made notification to patients and HHS on behalf of the following entities: AmSol Physicians of Elkin, NC, PLLC Anesthesia Company of Houston, PLLC Anesthesia Resources Management Solutions, Inc Coronado Anesthesia, PLLC Digestive Health…