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DuPage Medical Group notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised in cyberattack

Posted on August 30, 2021 by Dissent

Lisa Schencker reports: DuPage Medical Group is notifying 600,000 patients that their personal information may have been compromised during a July cyberattack. DuPage Medical Group, which is the state’s largest independent physicians group, experienced a computer and phone outage that lasted nearly a week in mid-July. The group worked with cyber-forensic specialists to investigate the incident and…

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Envision Credit Union ‘taking all appropriate steps’ after possible cyber attack

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Dissent

TaMaryn Waters reports: Envision Credit Union may have been the latest victim of an apparent ransomware attack, a malicious software that disrupts computer systems until demands are met. Initial signs of a potential attack surfaced this week on social media and indicated the LockBit 2.0 ransomware group threatened to publish stolen data on Aug. 30, according to…

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Boston Public Library discloses cyberattack, system-wide technical outage

Posted on August 27, 2021 by Dissent

Sergui Gatlan reports: The Boston Public Library (BPL) has disclosed today that its network was hit by a cyberattack on Wednesday, leading to a system-wide technical outage. BPL serves almost 4 million visitors per year through its central library, twenty-five neighborhood branches, and millions more online. Read more on BleepingComputer.

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Ragnarok ransomware releases master decryptor after shutdown

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Dissent

Ionut Ilascu reports: Ragnarok ransomware gang appears to have called it quits and released the master key that can decrypt files locked with their malware. The threat actor did not leave a note explaining the move and all of a sudden replaced all the victims on their leak site with a short instruction on how…

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Nearly 73,500 patients’ data affected in ransomware attack on eye clinic in Singapore

Posted on August 26, 2021 by Dissent

Kenny Chee reports: A ransomware attack earlier this month has affected the personal data and clinical information of nearly 73,500 patients of a private eye clinic, the third such reported incident in a month. The information included names, addresses, identity card numbers, contact details and clinical information such as patients’ clinical notes and eye scans,…

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Advisories are published, but are enough entities reading them and taking precautions?

Posted on August 25, 2021 by Dissent

Three advisories have been released this week about threat actor groups. One involves ALTDOS,  one involves HIVE, and one involves the “OnePercent Group,” whose name may not sound familiar to many. ALTDOS  (Joint Advisory) It appears that ALTDOS is getting some serious attention from Singapore’s CSA and other agencies in Singapore.  These threat actors who…

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