Andrea Vittorio reports: A diabetes device supplier hit by a data breach in mid-2019 is facing refined fraud claims in a potential class action in California after a court took issue with the basis of some original claims. Fraud claims in the lawsuit against Solara Medical Supplies LLC, one of the largest direct-to-consumer suppliers of…
Category: Phishing
Iran-linked hackers recently targeted coronavirus drugmaker Gilead – sources
Jack Stubbs and Christopher Bing report: Hackers linked to Iran have targeted staff at U.S. drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc in recent weeks, according to publicly-available web archives reviewed by Reuters and three cybersecurity researchers, as the company races to deploy a treatment for the COVID-19 virus. Read more on Reuters.
Spear-phishing campaign compromises executives at 150+ companies
Catalin Cimpanu reports: A cybercrime group operating since mid-2019 has breached the email accounts of high-ranking executives at more than 150 companies, cyber-security firm Group-IB reported today. The group, codenamed PerSwaysion, appears to have targeted the financial sector primarily, which accounted for more than half of its victims; although, victims have been recorded at companies…
Hackers may have accessed personal information of Aurora Medical Center Bay Area patients
Jake Prinsen reports: Hackers may have stolen personal information from patients at Aurora Medical Center Bay Area. Someone used an email phishing scam around January 1 to gain access to email accounts of several of the Marinette hospital’s employees, according to Advocate Health Aurora. Read more on Green Bay Press Gazette.
Medical Device Maker Faces California Privacy Suit After Breach
And once again, people rush to file potential class action lawsuits following a breach. It has been less than one month since Tandem Diabetes Care notified patients of a phishing incident that may have compromised personal and protected health information. But now one of those notified has filed a complaint in federal court, alleging, among…
Applications Software Technology LLC notifies employees of W-2 data breach
Remember the “good old days” when we were most worried about phishing or BEC attacks to get employees’ W-2 data for tax refund fraud scams? Have you seen any reports like that recently? I just realized that I haven’t when I saw one in the news today. Bill Toulas reports: “AST LLC” has announced a data…