Lauren Anderson reports: The personal information of some current and former Advocate Aurora Health employees, including their Social Security numbers and bank accounts, might have been compromised in an email phishing campaign. The Milwaukee- and Downers Grove, Illinois-based health system said the early January breach gave an unauthorized individual temporary access to a human resource…
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Pacific Specialty Insurance Company notifies plan members of breach that occurred in March, 2019
Once again, we see a timeline where it took a loooong time before an entity actually discloses a breach, but the entity’s explanation involves how long it took to determine who was impacted. In this case, it tood from June 14, when they first became suspicious of activity that had occurred in March until November…
TX: School district falls victim to business email compromise scam
Atzimba Morales reports: A business email compromise scheme targeted San Felipe Del Rio CISD recently, yet the school district remains positive the issue will be resolved. The school district discovered the attack on Tuesday and learned funds were electronically transferred via Automated Clearing House to a fraudulent account instead of a proper account, according to…
Rabun County in Georgia thwarts apparent computer hacking attempt
Megan Broome reports: The county’s computer system was recently hit with what was thought to be ransomware, according to Darrin Giles, county administrator, in a phone interview Monday. Ransomware is a type of malicious software, or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid. Giles said that…
Grayson County, Texas systems offline due to ransomware attack
Meredith McCown reports: The state is investigating after Grayson County government systems were hit with a ransomware attack early Monday morning. Information Technology Director Ken Miller says their records management system was down when employees got to work. Read more on KXII.
WA: A ransomware attack took the 16-school district offline for more than two weeks
Megan Radogna reports on a ransomware attack on a school district — a ransomware attack in July that this site sadly seems to have overlooked. The Moses Lake School District, which encompasses 16 schools, was hit by a ransomware attack launched from a phishing email that originated from an IP address in Moscow. The district refused…