On Nov 4, DataBreaches noted that Norman Public Schools (NPS) in Oklahoma reported what they described as a “malicious ransomware attack.” Since then, the district has worked to restore all services. Because the district did not respond to the threat actors’ ransom demands, this week the Hive ransomware team publicly claimed responsibility for the attack…
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Community Health Network notifies patients of meta pixel breach
Community Health Network in Indiana has become the latest healthcare entity to notify patients that their protected health information was transmitted via trackers on their website from Google and Meta. Their FAQ page attempts to explain it in basic English and does a good job, but there’s no getting around this: Any individual who visited…
Personal data of nearly 4,000 people leaked in hack of Radio Free Asia
Jonathan Grieg reports: Radio Free Asia, a U.S. government-sponsored news outlet, announced a breach this week that affected almost 4,000 people – leaking troves of personal information including Social Security and passport numbers, as well as financial data. According to documents filed with Maine’s attorney general, the hack occurred on June 17 and was discovered by…
Doctors Center Hospital reports 1.2 million patients affected by ransomware attack
On some as yet undisclosed date, Doctors Center Hospital in Puerto Rico became the victim of a relatively new ransomware group calling themselves Project Relic. To date, Doctors Center Hospital (DCH) has not responded to inquiries sent to it by DataBreaches on November 11 and November 12, and their email appeared to be out of…
DOCS Medical Group discloses September ransomware incident
DOCS Medical Group is an urgent care and primary care provider in Connecticut with multiple locations. They also provide telemedicine services. On September 7, DOCS detected abnormal activity that was quickly identified as a ransomware attack. According to their notification letter to patients dated November 7, an unspecified number of patients had their information on…
The State of Cybersecurity for K-12 School Districts
From the Center for Internet Security: K-12 cybersecurity personnel, IT professionals, and leaders have faced significant challenges over the last several years. They’ve had to wade through operational and technological complexities as a result of shifting between in-person, virtual, and hybrid schooling. Simultaneously, they’ve found themselves one of the primary targets of cyber threat actors as…