Norwood Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama is notifying 228,103 patients of a hacking incident that left them unable to determine what, if anything, had been accessed. In a notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, the clinic’s external counsel reported that the breach began on September 20 and was discovered on October 22. The types of…
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Yet more data from the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach appears on the internet
If Herman’s Hermits sang about the latest development in the Sea Mar Community Health Center data breach, they’d probably sing: Third verse, same as the first A little bit louder and a whole lot worse Last month, DataBreaches.net reported that Sea Mar Community Health Center in Washington state had been sued in November, weeks after…
Update: Central Indiana Orthopedics notifying 83,705 of October data breach
In October, 2021, this site reported that Central Indiana Orthopedics (CIO) had promptly disclosed a data security incident involving Grief threat actors. This week, CIO’s external counsel notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office about the incident, reporting that 83,705 patients were impacted, total. Types of information involved included name, address, Social Security number, and limited…
Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats
They deserve good press for this — here’s their full press release from today: Cloudflare, CrowdStrike, and Ping Identity Join Forces to Strengthen U.S. Cybersecurity in Light Of Increased Cyber Threats The Critical Infrastructure Defense Project will provide comprehensive, no-cost cyber protections for U.S. hospitals and water and power utilities SAN FRANCISCO — March…
Crossroads Health of Lake County discloses breach affecting former Beacon Health patients
It’s not a huge breach in terms of numbers compared to other breaches we’ve seen, but an incident reported by Crossroads Health in Ohio caught my eye because once again, it was old (legacy) data that was accessed and exfiltrated. In an undated statement on their website, Crossroads explains that an unauthorized party gained access…
The Puerto Rican Organization to Motivate, Enlighten, and Serve Addicts (PROMESA) discloses 2020 data breach
Is there anyone who thinks this timeline/delay to notification is just fine? On July 17, 2020, Acacia determined that an unauthorized person gained access to certain employee email accounts for a limited time between June 6, 2020 and June 12, 2020. Their investigation was inconclusive as to whether anyone accessed the emails and attachments in…