Marianne Kolbasuk McGee A misconfigured web server and the exposure of sensitive information for nearly 600,000 prison inmates in 2022 will cost medical claims processing company CorrectCare $6.49 million to settle a consolidated proposed class action lawsuit, according to court records. The incident affected inmates who received medical care between January 2012 and July 2022…
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Previously Extradited Nigerian National Sentenced For Role In Multimillion-Dollar Business Email Compromise Schemes Targeting Educational Institutions And Businesses in North Carolina and Texas
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A dual citizen of Nigeria and the United Kingdom was sentenced today to seven years in prison for his role in a multimillion-dollar business email compromise (BEC) scheme, announced Dena J. King, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, and Alamdar S. Hamdani, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas….
HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation for $250,000
The following is a press release from HHS OCR concerning a settlement stemming from a March 2017 ransomware attack experienced by Cascade Eye & Skin Centers in Washington. DataBreaches was not previously aware of this incident and can find no news coverage of it at the time nor any entry on HHS’s public breach tool…
Failure to Safeguard, Two Cyber Intrusions, and an $850,000 SEC Settlement
Melissa Pascualini of JacksonLewis writes: … In a recent settlement agreement with the SEC, a New York-based registered transfer agent, Equiniti Trust Company LLC, formerly known as American Stock Transfer & Trust Company LLC, agreed to pay $850K to settle charges that it failed to assure client securities and funds were protected against theft or…
Joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA Statement
September 18, 2024 – Today, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released the following statement: Since the 19 August 2024 joint ODNI, FBI, and CISA public statement on Iranian Election Influence Efforts, the FBI has learned additional details about Iran’s…
Sea-Tac refuses to pay 100-bitcoin ransom after August cyberattack
Elise Takahama reports: The hackers behind last month’s cyberattack on Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are demanding a 100-bitcoin ransom — about $6 million — for stolen data, though just how much information was accessed, and what kind, is still unclear. During a Wednesday morning hearing with the U.S. Senate’s Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the airport’s aviation managing director, Lance…