While the Fortra/GoAnywhere data breach by Clop is shaping up to be the biggest, or one of the biggest, breaches affecting HIPAA-covered entities and business associates in 2023, an attack by Money Message on PharMerica is currently the largest single breach reported so far this year, with almost 6 million affected. On April 8, DataBreaches…
Category: U.S.
Student Medical Records May Have Been Taken in San Diego Unified Hack
Will Huntsberry reports: The breadth of a cyber attack against San Diego Unified School District last year is coming into view. Student medical records may have been taken during the hack, district officials notified parents in a letter dated May 4. […] The new letter obtained by Voice of San Diego is the first admission that children’s…
Data of 237,000 US government employees breached
David Shepardson reports: The personal information of 237,000 current and former federal government employees has been exposed in a data breach at the U.S. Transportation Department (USDOT), sources briefed on the matter said on Friday. The breach hit systems for processing TRANServe transit benefits that reimburse government employees for some commuting costs. It was not…
UofL cybersecurity expert says size of Norton Healthcare made it a target for hackers
Christie Battista reports: The “cyber event” that ended with several systems being taken offline across North Healthcare properties earlier this week came as no surprise to Dr. Roman Yampolskiy, director of the cybersecurity lab at the University of Louisville. […] Norton continues to evaluate its computer systems after the hacked. The hospital said Tuesday it…
Six years prison for ex-Ubiquiti staffer who stole data and attempted to extort millions of dollars
Graham Cluley writes: A former software engineer at Ubiquit Networks has been sent to prison for six years after stealing gigabytes of data from the firm, attempting to extort millions of dollars, and harming the company’s reputation in the media. Back in January 2021, networking manufacturer Ubiquiti told users to change their passwords and enable two-factor authentication (2FA),…
NY: Richmond University Medical Center suffers ransomware attack; unclear if patient info compromised
Joseph Ostapiuk reports: Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) in West Brighton experienced a recent ransomware attack that has triggered an ongoing network outage at the hospital, an official said. The extent of the breach, which has crippled online services at the over-470 bed facility, is not currently clear. The hospital is now working to both…