Nate Nelson reports: Hackers breached a database maintained by Pilot Credentials, a recruiting company based in Austin, Texas, resulting in the theft of personal information from more than 8,000 pilot applicants for American Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The compromised data includes names, birth dates, Social Security and passport numbers, as well as driver- and pilot-license…
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Barrow County notifies people of a breach that began more than a year ago
Barrow County in Georgia issued a breach notice about a breach of its email environment that occurred between March and August of 2022. Its notification, posted on its website, states, in part: The type of information at issue varied for each individual, but included a variation of the following: name; date of birth, Social Security…
Lumberton ISD cyberattacked, personal information stolen (Updated)
Dannie Oliveaux reports: Global hackers that took aim at a foreign government have also claimed responsibility for a data breach at Lumberton ISD, according to an email sent to an East Texas newspaper. Wanting to warn the local school district’s stakeholders about the compromised intel, staff from the out-of-town daily reached out to The Examiner…
National Student Clearinghouse notifies schools of MOVEit breach
On June 24, DataBreaches reported that the National Student Clearinghouse was one of the victims of the MOVEit breach by Clop, In that report, DataBreaches stated that the clearinghouse’s statements to date had not indicated whether they had paid any ransom demand, but DataBreaches had learned that their name had been removed from Clop’s leak…
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Investigation with iHealth Solutions Regarding Disclosure of Protected Health Information on an Unsecured Server for $75,000
HHS has announced another Security Rule enforcement action. This one involves iHealth Solutions (dba Advantum Health), a business associate. The incident involved an unsecured server where protected health information of patients was exfiltrated. The iHealth incident had been discovered by Kromtech Security and was first reported by DataBreaches on May 9, 2017. On May 10,…
LetMeSpy, a phone tracking app spying on thousands, says it was hacked
Zack Whittaker reports: A hacker has stolen the messages, call logs and locations intercepted by a widely used phone monitoring app called LetMeSpy, according to the company that makes the spyware. The phone monitoring app, which is used to spy on thousands of people using Android phones around the world, said in a notice on its…