CFJC reports: School District No. 73 (SD73, Kamloops-Thompson) said it was notified that guard.me, the travel and medical insurance provider for its international student program, experienced a cybersecurity breach incident. Personal information that may be impacted by this incident includes identity information, contact information, and other information provided to support submitted claims. Read more on…
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Student sues San Dieguito district, says classmate cyberstalked her, hacked her grades
I missed this one when it was first published two weeks ago, but apart from the privacy issues involving cyberstalking, it involves a hack of a school district’s information system and a class action lawsuit against the software firm. Kristen Taketa reported: Haley Dinsmore was 12 when a classmate at Earl Warren Middle School asked…
Cayuga Medical Center and Wisconsin Institute of Urology notifying patients of breaches
In addition to a breach reported by Renaissance, two other breaches involving protected health information were disclosed yesterday. Here’s what you might want to know about those: Cayuga Medical Center We are still first learning about some victims of the Accellion data breach that took place back in December and January when threat actors exploited…
Health insurer notifies members after third-party vendor suffers ransomware attack
It appears that a third-party vendor has quietly paid ransom to unidentified threat actors. In a press release yesterday, Renaissance Life & Health Insurance Company of America says they were notified on June 1 by their vendor, Secure Administrative Solutions LLC (“SAS”), of a ransomware incident that involved unauthorized access to its systems occurred between…
Breaking News: You can’t believe everything you read on RaidForums….*
CyberNews recently published a post about an alleged breach of Humana.com. In their reporting, they repeated a claim on Raid Forums by “Bandido Revolution” that data they were posting on RaidForums “…was acquired from US insurance giant Humana and includes detailed medical records of the company’s health plan members dating back to 2019.” Elsewhere in…
NZ: Fear patient data may have been stolen from Auckland DHBs
Tom Pullar-Strecker reports: A data breach may have occurred at the organisation that provides health IT services to more than a third of the country, amid growing indications of a serious cyber-security incident. A spokeswoman for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner said it was notified by Counties Manukau DHB of a possible data breach…