Juan F. Luis Hospital CEO Darlene A. Baptiste says no personal data was stolen in the April cyberattack that forced the hospital offline for months, causing major billing delays, financial losses, and a massive system rebuild now nearly complete. Ernice Gilbert reports: The April cyberattack that crippled the Juan F. Luis Hospital’s electronic systems cost the facility…
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Before Their Telegram Channel Was Banned Again, ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Dropped Files Doxing Government Employees (2)
On October 16 and 17, the ScatteredLAPSUS$Hunters Telegram channel repeatedly violated Telegram’s TOS by leaking personal information on people — and in this case, information on employees of the Department of Justice (DOJ/FBI), U.S. Attorneys Office (DOJ/USAO), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). DataBreaches did not report on it…
Massachusetts hospitals Heywood, Athol say outage was a cybersecurity incident
Joseph Topping reports: Heywood Hospital and Athol Hospital said a network outage this week was caused by a cybersecurity incident. The hospitals said they took affected systems offline and engaged a third-party cybersecurity firm. The facilities—Heywood Hospital in Gardner, Massachusetts, and Athol Hospital in Athol, Massachusetts—remain open and caring for patients; earlier in the week…
Data BreachesProsper Data Breach Impacts 17.6 Million Accounts
Ionut Arghire reports: More than 17 million individuals were likely impacted by a data breach at peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper, data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned warns. Prosper disclosed the incident last month, noting that hackers accessed its network and stole confidential, proprietary, and personal information from its systems. According to the US-based…
Heritage Provider Network $49.99M Class Action Settlement
Nicole Aljet reports an update on a data breach that had been disclosed by Regal Medical Group in February 2023. Current and former patients who received a notice in early 2023 stating a data breach involving Heritage Provider Network or its affiliates may have exposed their personal or medical information could qualify to claim a cash payment…
Integris Health Agrees to $30 Million Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach
Lauren Giella reports: Oklahoma health system Integris Health reached a $30 million settlement in a data breach class action lawsuit that impacted over two million people over two years ago. This agreement settles a class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma that accuses Integris of negligence after…