DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Category: U.S.

Oops! ‘Phishing’ scam cost small Ohio city $219,000, finance director his job

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Dissent

Dean Narciso reports: Phishing-scam training has become a commonplace requirement in many workplaces these days. But not everyone is adhering to its lessons. When emails from a fake paving company landed in the inbox of an accounting assistant working for a small Ohio city last month, the assistant was hooked. The author pretended to be an existing vendor and persuaded…

Read more

Weeklong ransomware attack on Oakland government drags on

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Dissent

Da Lin reports: OAKLAND – 10 days after the City of Oakland experienced a ransomware attack, many of its departments remain shut down to the public. Emergency services like police and fire are operational. The lobby at the Oakland Police Department is one of few places still open to the public, but there are signs…

Read more

Sweetwater Union High School District still dealing with impact of undefined situation

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Dissent

Kristen Taketa reports: Days after a sweeping systems outage first disrupted student learning and forced teachers to remake their lessons, the Sweetwater Union High School District still hasn’t said what caused the outage or when it expects a fix. […] The outage was discovered Sunday in the district’s Microsoft systems, including Outlook, according to the…

Read more

Annual Report to Congress on Breaches of Unsecured Protected Health Information For Calendar Year 2021- HHS OCR

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Dissent

From their report: Summary OCR received 609 notifications of breaches affecting 500 or more individuals, representing a decrease of 7% from the number of reports received in calendar year 2020. These reported breaches affected a total of approximately 37,182,558 individuals. The most commonly reported category of breaches was hacking, and the largest breach of this…

Read more

BD issues cybersecurity alert for hacking risk found in Alaris infusion pump software

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Dissent

Andrea Park reports: A vulnerability found in software used to monitor some of BD’s infusion pumps could potentially give hackers access to personal data stored in the system. BD posted a cybersecurity bulletin about the issue Thursday and said it has already notified the FDA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency…

Read more

Update to the Des Moines Public School ransomware attack

Posted on February 17, 2023 by Dissent

For some students in Des Moines, Iowa, the return to school after the winter holidays was soon interrupted by a cyberattack that resulted in classes being canceled. But as classes continued to be canceled, it became clearer that restoration and recovery would not be quick. By January 11, two days after the announcement of school…

Read more
  • Previous
  • 1
  • …
  • 171
  • 172
  • 173
  • 174
  • 175
  • 176
  • 177
  • …
  • 1,916
  • Next

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
  • Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
  • Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
  • Potential Cyberattack Scrambles Columbia University Computer Systems
  • 222,000 customer records allegedly from Manhattan Parking Group leaked

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina
  • European Commission publishes its plan to enable more effective law enforcement access to data
  • Sacred Secrets: The Biblical Case for Privacy and Data Protection
  • Microsoft’s Departing Privacy Chief Calls for Regulator Outreach
  • Nestle USA Settles Suit Over Job-Application Medical Questions

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.