It’s encouraging to see breach notification deadlines taken seriously. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority has imposed a monetary penalty of NOK 2.5 million on Argon Medical Devices for breaching Article 33 (1) of the GDPR. That article requires controllers to notify the regulator of a personal data breach within 72 hours. According to Datatilsynet (the…
Category: Phishing
Atlanta man sentenced to federal prison in connection with a multi-million dollar international cyber and fraud scheme
There’s an update to a previously reported case: ATLANTA – Christian Akhatsegbe has been sentenced for wire and computer fraud conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft related to a multi-million-dollar cyber-fraud scheme perpetrated through email phishing, credential harvesting, and invoice fraud. His brother, Emmanuel Aiye Akhatsegbe, who is believed to be residing in…
Orlando Family Physicians data breach class action settlement
TopClassActions reports that a class action lawsuit against Orlando Family Physicians (OFP) has settled for an undisclosed sum. The settlement, which doesn’t include any admission of guilt by OFP, resolves claims surrounding an April 2021 data breach. The breach reportedly occurred when four OFP employees fell prey to a phishing attack. Although the attack was…
AllCare Plus Pharmacy notifies 5,971 patients of phishing incident last year
AllCare Plus Pharmacy, Inc. is an IQVIA business in Massachusetts. This week, they notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a phishing incident that affected 5,971 patients. According to their notification, on June 21, 2022, AllCare discovered that some employees had received phishing emails. Their investigation revealed that some of the employees’ accounts had been…
Beaver Medical Group notifying patients whose information was accessed in phishing incident
Beaver Medical Group (BMG) in California is part of Optum Health. On January 24, BMG discovered unusual activity in an employee’s workstation. Their investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had launched a targeted phishing attack that gave them access to the employee’s email account. The types of personal and protected health information in that account…
Shopee, Carousell most popular platforms used by phishing scammers
CNA reports: Taipei, March 12 (CNA) Shopee and Carousell, two online marketplaces based in Singapore, have been the two C2C platforms on which customers were most likely to fall victim to phishing scams in Taiwan over the past five weeks, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Sunday. After analyzing information reported by the public on…