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Hive starts dumping patient and employee data from Baton Rouge General Health System

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Dissent

On July 15, DataBreaches reported that Baton Rouge General Medical Center in Louisiana had been the victim of a significant ransomware attack. Our report attributed the attack to Hive although Hive was publicly denying responsibility at the time and claiming DataBreaches had “incorrect info.” Our information was correct. On Tuesday, Hive added the health center…

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Block sued after ex-staffer siphons customer data

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Dissent

Thomas Claburn reports: Block – the digital payments giant formerly known as Square – faces allegations it failed to take adequate measures to protect customers’ personal information. A lawsuit [PDF], filed Tuesday in a federal district in Oakland, California, on behalf of two users of Cash App, operated by Block subsidiary Cash App Investing, claims the company…

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Liberty Counsel’s Donor Records and Pro-Trump Election Messaging Exposed in Data Breach

Posted on August 25, 2022 by Dissent

Micah Lee and Michael Sherrard report: Liberty Counsel, an evangelical Christian nonprofit that provided a brief cited by the Supreme Court in its decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, has been hacked, revealing a 25-gigabyte internal database that contains nearly seven years’ worth of donor records. The hacker, who identifies with the Anonymous movement, released…

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Schools in Texas, Pennsylvania, and California hit with ransomware as schools reopen for the year

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Dissent

One lesson that should have been learned from past years is that ransomware groups will attack schools right as they get ready to open for the school year because districts may feel more pressured to pay so they can open. So far this week, DataBreaches has spotted ransomware attack reports on two k-12 school districts…

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Ex-Twitter exec blows the whistle, alleging reckless and negligent cybersecurity policies

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dissent

By Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Video by John General, Zach Wasser and Logan Whiteside, CNN Business Portraits by Sarah Silbiger for CNN Twitter has major security problems that pose a threat to its own users’ personal information, to company shareholders, to national security, and to democracy, according to an explosive…

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Today’s reminder to read email alerts and acknowledge them…

Posted on August 23, 2022 by Dissent

Yesterday, Chum1ng0 spotted a forum listing that affects a regional office in the Illinois k-12 education system. DataBreaches reached out to that regional office by email yesterday morning to alert them. Emails were sent to multiple people, including the Superintendent and head of IT. The emails provided them with specific information from the listing. Did…

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