From their notice: Diagnostic Radiology & Imaging, LLC (or “DRI”) operates multiple imaging facilities in Greensboro, North Carolina under the names Greensboro Imaging and The Breast Center of Greensboro. On January 31, 2018, DRI became aware of an impermissible disclosure of limited health information about approximately 800 patients. An investigation revealed that on November 11,…
Category: Phishing
CareFirst phishing attack could affect 6,800 members
Morgan Eichensehr reports: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Maryland’s largest health insurer, has been the victim of a “phishing” email attack that potentially affected 6,800 of its members. This breach comes about three years after CareFirst weathered another cyberattack that affected more than 1 million of its members. The Baltimore company has 75 percent market share in the…
20 hackers arrested in EUR 1 million bank phishing scam
A two-year long cybercrime investigation between the Romanian National Police and the Italian National Police, with the support of Europol, its Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT) and Eurojust, has led to the arrest of 20 suspects in a series of coordinated raids on 28 March. 9 individuals in Romania and 11 in Italy remain in…
India: 1,020 bank accounts were used for phishing attacks
PTI reports that fraudsters used more than 1,000 bank accounts as part of a phishing scheme: “As per the details shared by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), complaints were received regarding e-wallet scam involving 1,020 bank accounts in 351 bank branches of public and private sector banks (13 banks),” Minister of State for Electronics and…
Flexible Benefit Service Corporation notifies 5,123 of phishing incident
Illinois-headquartered Flexible Benefit Service Corporation (“Flex”) is a general agency and benefit administrator serving insurance brokers, employers and insurance carriers. As such, they are a Business Associate to HIPAA-covered entities. The follow is from their notification of a security incident that was reported to HHS on February 16, as impacting 5,123 people. Flex does not indicate…
Monticello Central School District victim of phishing attack
On January 12, the Monticello Central School District in New York notified the New Hampshire attorney General’s office that they were notifying two residents of a breach that occurred in November, 2017, as a result of a phishing attack. You can read the notification to those affected, below.