The Business Journal reports: A class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley. The case, pending in Fresno County Superior Court, stems from an Aug. 28, 2021 data breach where United Health Centers (UHC) patient information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, diagnosis information codes, financial…
Category: Malware
Quarter of Healthcare Ransomware Victims Forced to Halt Operations – Report
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, today revealed that 86% of global healthcare organizations (HCOs) that have been compromised by ransomware suffered operational outages. Most (57%) global HCOs admit being compromised by ransomware over the past three years, according to the study. Of these, 25% say they were forced to completely halt operations, while…
Mars k-12 district in Pennsylvania victim of ransomware attack; data leaked
The Vice Society added more schools to their “partners” leak site yesterday. One of them is the Mars Area School District in Pennsylvania. According to niche.com, MASD is a k-12 district with 3,334 students. In a notice posted on the district’s website on October 3, Superintendent Gross described the progress the district was making in…
Aesthetic Dermatology Associates notifies patients of breach, but data already leaking on dark web
If you say you are going to provide details of an incident, then DataBreaches believes that you should provide important details — like the fact that patient data has been leaked on the dark web. Here’s another incident notice where there is no mention of that. From Aesthetic Dermatology Associates‘ press release: What Happened? On…
2K Games warns users their stolen data is now up for sale online
Sergiu Gatlan reports: Video game publisher 2K emailed users on Thursday to warn that some of their personal info was stolen and put up for sale online following a September 19 security breach. 2K confirmed on September 20 that its help desk platform was hacked and used by the attackers to target customers using fake support tickets that…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Gt: Update on VSOP attack on Guatemala’s foreign ministry Last week, DataBreaches reported that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala was a victim of a VSOP attack. The government confirmed an attack on October 5. Services have been restored: Currently, the services are working, which has allowed us to provide uninterrupted attention to all…