Florida Healthy Kids is a state-created entity that provides health and dental insurance for Florida children aged 5-18. On Friday, they joined the unhappy ranks of those affected by the MOVEit breach that has affected more than 600 organizations already. In this case, it was their vendor, Maximus, who issued the notification. The number of…
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Nova Scotia government still unsure of widespread impact from spring cyberattack
Jonathan MacInnis reports: The province of Nova Scotia is still unsure of how widespread the MOVEit security breach is, nearly two-and-a-half months after first becoming aware of the issue. Almost 1000 notifications have been sent out this month. “As you start getting into forensics you can find out that that trail can lead back a…
Parathon by JDA eHealth Systems hit by Akira? They haven’t responded to inquiries.
Visitors to Akira’s dark web leak site are greeted with a message: Well, you are here. It means that you’re suffering from cyber incident right now. Think of our actions as an unscheduled forced audit of your network for vulnerabilities. Keep in mind that there is a fair price to make it all go away….
Gallivan notifies University of Guelph students of Fortra breach 4 months later
Daniel Caudle reports: The provider of health, dental, and wellness benefits at the University of Guelph (U of G) has begun notifying students of a data breach which included access to personal information. A post on the Central Student Association’s website says Gallivan, the provider of those plans, began sending notifications via email this week. CTV News…
Hobbs has questions about data breach that exposed ESA student info
Gloria Rebecca Gomez reports: A data breach exposed the personal information of thousands of Arizona students enrolled in the state’s school voucher program, according to Gov. Katie Hobbs, but the state’s top education official says it’s not a problem. Earlier this month, ClassWallet, the online financial administration platform that handles payments for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship…
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid notifying 645,000 Medicare members about MOVEit breach (UPDATED)
Update: This incident was reported to HHS as affecting 1,362,470 patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) has posted a notice on its site about a data breach at one of its contractors, Maximus Federal Services, Inc. Maximus was one of hundreds of victims of a 0day attack on MOVEit file transfer software by the…