Update of March 28: It seems LockBit re-listed WCSO last night on their leak site and has dumped data from them, although the files do not seem to be downloading at this time. When an entity has been the victim of a cyberattack, they’d be smart not to discuss the attack via their email system…
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A hospital went dark after it was hacked. It’s still reeling two years later
Farah Yousry reports the aftermath of a ransomware attack by Hive that was previously reported on DataBreaches in 2021: As the second year of the pandemic was nearing an end, employees at Johnson Memorial Health hoped they could catch their breath after dealing with a weeks-long tsunami of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths. But on a…
NYS Secures $200,000 from Law Firm for Failing to Protect New Yorkers’ Personal Data
NYS Attorney General Letitia James announced a settlement: New York Attorney General Letitia James secured $200,000 from the law firm, Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach LLP (HPMB) for failing to protect New Yorkers’ personal and healthcare data. HPMB’s poor data security measures made it vulnerable to a 2021 data breach that compromised the private information of approximately…
No need to hack when 682,000 medical records are leaking, Monday edition
On March 15, DataBreaches was contacted by a researcher who had found a “bunch of medical docs.” The files included patient intake evaluations, laboratory results, medical records requests, insurance information forms, treatment or consultation notes, and other files you would expect to see in a patient’s records. The patients all appeared to be in Texas,…
Hackers attack Wisconsin court system computer network
Earlier this week, AP reported: Hackers have attacked the Wisconsin court system’s computer network, court officials said Thursday. A cyberattack began early this week, according to a statement from court officials. Network users may have experienced intermittent service or slower than usual response times from online services, court officials said. Asked when specifically the attack…
Cyber breach affects eastern NC postal service
Claire Curry reports from North Carolina: Some United States Postal Service workers in the eastern North Carolina and Jacksonville area are missing paychecks due to a cyber attack. The mail service is conducting an investigation, but employees are unhappy with the outcome so far, they said. Larisa Covington, from Jacksonville, said in February she was…