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Cyber Criminals Targeting Healthcare Payment Processors, Costing Victims Millions in Losses

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Dissent

IC3.gov PIN 20220914-001 14 September 2022 TLP: WHITE Summary The FBI has received multiple reports of cyber criminals increasingly targeting healthcare payment processors to redirect victim payments. In each of these reports, unknown cyber criminals used employees’ publicly-available Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and social engineering techniques to impersonate victims and obtain access to files, healthcare…

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Federal Court holds nonprofit health center is immune from data breach class action

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Dissent

Daniel Rockey of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner writes: In a case of first impression, the United States District Court for the Southern District of California granted the motion of Defendant Neighborhood Healthcare seeking order compelling the United States to defend a putative class action lawsuit alleging that Neighborhood failed to ensure the confidentiality of her…

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Three Iranian Nationals Charged With Engaging In Computer Intrusions And Ransomware-Style Extortion Against U.S. Critical Infrastructure Providers

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Dissent

NEWARK, N.J. – An indictment was unsealed today charging three Iranian nationals with allegedly orchestrating a scheme to hack into the computer networks of multiple U.S. victims, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger and National Security Division Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen announced today. As alleged in the indictment, from October 2020 through the present, Mansour…

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A busy morning for those tracking ransomware in the healthcare sector

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Dissent

It is turning out to be a somewhat busy morning here because three new incidents in the healthcare sector reportedly involved ransomware or ransom attempts. DataBreaches was already aware that Medical Associates of the Lehigh Valley notified HHS of a breach impacting 75,268 patients, but their notification letter reveals that this was a ransomware attack….

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Ambry Genetics Settles Class Action Lawsuit Over 2020 Data Breach for $12.3M

Posted on September 14, 2022 by Dissent

Genome Web reports: NEW YORK – Ambry Genetics has settled a class action lawsuit over a breach of personal customer data that occurred in 2020. According to the settlement agreement, filed Sept. 9 with the US District Court for the Central District of California, Ambry will pay $12.3 million into a settlement fund. Ambry, which is owned by…

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It’s like a veritable fire sale on Indonesians’ personal data

Posted on September 13, 2022 by Dissent

Indonesia’s private data protection bill cleared another hurdle and could be voted into law this week.  As Bloomberg reports: Data operators could face up to five years in jail and a maximum fine of 5 billion rupiah ($337,000) for leaking or misusing private information, according to Indonesia’s new data privacy bill set to be passed…

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