As June drew to a close, DataBreaches’ little notepad tabulations indicate that we already have reports from 32 entities impacted by the Eye Care Leaders breach last December. Readers may recall that ECL’s myCare Integrity platform was reportedly accessed by an unauthorized individual who deleted some of the databases before being detected. As far as…
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State unemployment, jobs services down around the country after cyberattack at GSI
Kevin Collier has more on the Geographic Solutions cyberattack previously noted on DataBreaches that is impacting state job services agencies around the country: A cyberattack has hit a company that handles unemployment claims and job placement for state governments, disrupting online services across the country. The departments of labor and related agencies have been affected…
Illuminate breach victims are still first being notified
Spotted today: a notification by the Renton School District in Washington that they notified 20,509 Washington residents on June 17 dues to a breach that sounds like the Illuminate breach (based on the dates reported by Renton): https://agportal-s3bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/databreach/BreachM13493.pdf
USB devices with personal data of all 460,000 Amagasaki residents lost
Kumiko Nakatatsuka reports: An employee who works for an Amagasaki city subcontractor lost USB storage devices containing residents’ personal information after drinking at a restaurant, the city government announced on June 23. The employee works for a company that was subcontracted by the Kansai regional branch of Biprogy Inc. in Osaka to pay pandemic relief subsidies…
Phelps Health notifies patients of MCG Health breach (and the lawsuits start…)
Add Phelps Care Regional Medical Center (“Phelps Health“) to any list of updates to MCG Health clients impacted by the MCG breach. Phelps’ notification indicates that it was alerted to the breach by MCG on April 22. Update: Phelps reported that 12,602 patients were impacted. As reported previously by DataBreaches, MCG Health uses March 25, 2022…
LA: Third party data breach compromises local checking accounts
Jade Moreau reports: Lake Charles, LA (KPLC) – Numerous reports of bank account fraud are circulating throughout Southwest Louisiana. 7 News has heard many complaints from people who say their checking accounts may have been involved in a data breach. One area bank even said they had dozens of people closing accounts and creating new…