Jared Serbu reports: Another big federal agency has apparently escaped unscathed from the SolarWinds hack. Leaders from the Department of Veterans Affairs told Congress on Thursday they are now confident that none of their data was compromised, even though the company’s Orion system had a prominent presence throughout VA’s IT networks. Read more on Federal…
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FBI: Conti Ransomware Attacks Impact Healthcare and First Responder Networks
The FBI has issued a Flash Alert about Conti. Summary The FBI identified at least 16 Conti ransomware attacks targeting US healthcare and first responder networks, including law enforcement agencies, emergency medical services, 9-1-1 dispatch centers, and municipalities within the last year. These healthcare and first responder networks are among the more than 400 organizations…
U.S. Government Seeks Information About Victims Of December 2017 EtherDelta Hack
U.S. Government Seeks Information About Victims Of December 2017 EtherDelta Hack Conspiracy to defraud victims of cryptocurrency exchange platform resulted in theft of at least $1.4 million, prompting government to call for victims to come forward May 20 – SAN FRANCISCO – The Office of the United States Attorney and the United States Secret Service…
Hackers Offer Decrypt Key to Irish Health Service With a Catch
Ryan Gallagher and Peter Flanagan of Bloomberg report: A day after threatening to publicly release patient data, the hackers who targeted Ireland’s health service offered a decryption key that they said could be used to unlock computers infected with ransomware. While seeming to offer an olive branch — sharing a link to download the decryption…
City pays $350,000 after suing “hackers” for opening Dropbox link it sent them
When is a “hack” not a “hack?” When a government entity mistakenly gives journalists access to files that just maybe, they didn’t intend to give them access to….. Tim De Chant reports: The city of Fullerton, California, has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit it brought against two bloggers it accused of hacking the city’s…
Updating: CaptureRx incident impacted more than 2.4 million. List of Entities.
Update as of July 13, 2021: The total number impacted has been updated by NEC Networks to 2,420,141. For the past two months, DataBreaches.net has been tracking reports involving NEC Networks, LLC d/b/a CaptureRx. CaptureRx is a specialty pharmacy benefits manager whose services include prescription claims processing, patient assistance program administration, and public health service…