Sara Morrison reports: If you got a Covid-19 test at Walgreens, your personal data — including your name, date of birth, gender identity, phone number, address, and email — was left on the open web for potentially anyone to see and for the multiple ad trackers on Walgreens’ site to collect. In some cases, even…
Category: U.S.
OR: Southeast Health Center break-in compromises personal information of about 700 people
Multnomah County in Oregon is notifying some applicants for the Oregon Health Plan whose information may have been accessed during a break-in. The break-in occurred while the Health Center was closed for construction on August 4. Files in the cabinets included applicant records with name, date of birth, address, email address, Social Security number, insurance…
PA: Indian Creek Foundation Provides notification ransomware incident
Indian Creek Foundation provides services to 1,200 youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and Autism. The following is a press release they have issued: SOUDERTON, Pa., Sept. 13, 2021 — On February 6, 2021, ICF discovered that portions of its computer network were infected with malware that encrypted certain systems. ICF promptly took the affected systems…
TX: Medical provider waited months to send patients letters about ransomware attack
This is a follow-up to an incident first reported on this site back in May. Jeremy Rogalski reports: HOUSTON — A local health care provider attacked by a ransomware virus did not send letters to patients informing them of the data breach for months, KHOU 11 Investigates has confirmed. Gastroenterology Consultants mailed notices to more than 161,000…
Hacker Compromises Personal Info Of NEISD Employees
Seen on WOAI: The North East ISD is alerting current and former employees that a hacker has compromised their personal information. District officials say the cyberattack in late August hacked the email of an employee who handles wire transfers in the payroll department. The hacker tried to have the money wired to a different bank, but the…
City of Yonkers Hacked, No Computers for the Past Week: Ransom Demanded, City Hall Says No
This was published on September 10 by Yonkers Times: Yonkers Rising has learned that the City of Yonkers has been the victim of a ransomware attack and for the period of the past five days, City Hall and its employees have been without their computers. We have also been told by city officials with knowledge…