Tyler Wainfeld reports: College of the Canyons is communicating with more than 2,400 affected personnel after an unauthorized data breach through its insurance provider, according to Eric Harnish, a spokesman for the college. Keenan & Associates, a Torrance-based consulting and brokerage firm which has the Santa Clarita Community College District as one of its clients,…
Category: Health Data
Self-proclaimed hackers take credit for computer problems at Liberty Hospital
Andy Alcock reports from Missouri: A blackmail message from an apparent hacker appears to be the reason Liberty Hospital computer systems crashed Tuesday. KMBC exclusively obtained that message. The message from an unknown source says in part, “We have hacked you and downloaded all confidential data of your company. And it can be spread out…
If at first you don’t succeed, screw it up again?
In mid-November, DataBreaches reported that AlphV threat actors had added MeridianLink to their leak site. When their victim wouldn’t pay them, AlphV (aka “BlackCat”) filed a complaint with the Securities & Exchange Commission alleging that MeridianLink failed to comply with the SEC’s new cybersecurity rule requiring notification within four days of discovering a material breach….
Welltok databreach affects CHI St. Alexius patients
Elizabeth Shores reports: Patients at CHI St. Alexius are receiving letters from Welltok, Inc., a third-party vendor, about a significant data breach. Welltok said it learned at the end of July about a data leak that had taken place during the summer. Welltok said it notified St. Alexius about the extent of the leak on…
Update: Fred Hutch Cancer Center attack claimed by Hunters International
On December 8, DataBreaches reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had been the victim of a ransomware attack and that the then-unnamed threat actors were trying to extort patients directly. Today we learned that the threat actors are Hunters International, who listed the incident on their leak site. As of publication, they have not leaked…
Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
Bill Toulas reports: Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 million people across 50 states, but this data breach notice concerns the California division of…