Lynn Brezosky reports: A Seguin dermatologist on Friday said his office computer system was attacked with ransomware that accessed confidential patient data, including names, social security numbers and billing codes for medical services. “There was a high likelihood that protected health information (PHI) was accessed,” Dr. Robert Magnon, owner of Seguin Dermatology, said in a…
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Washington State Government Breached, Administrator Accounts Dumped Online
Lee Johnstone reports: Earlier today a hacker using the handle @CyberZeist announced a breach on the Washington state government website. Today’s breach was announced on twitter and posted to pastebin [link removed by DataBreaches.net], and it contained 59 administrator accounts with user email addresses, encrypted passwords and salts. Read more on CyberWarNews.info.
A&M Provides Notice of Data Security Incident at at Annie Sez, Afaze, Mandee, Sirens and Urban Planet Stores
Nov. 11 – A & M (2015) LLC (“A&M”) today announced that a recent data security incident may have compromised the security of payment information of some customers who used debit or credit cards at Annie Sez, Afaze, Mandee, Sirens and Urban Planet locations between November 24, 2015 and August 23, 2016. Customers who used their credit or debit card at…
TN: Vanderbilt U. Psychological & Counseling Center exposed students’ names in email survey
Sarah Friedman reports: This afternoon, the Psychological & Counseling Center sent an email out to 468 of its clients without blocking the recipients from seeing each other’s names. The content of the email was a satisfaction survey regarding the student’s recent visit to the center. Several students responded to all recipients of the email with…
DCLeaks was a conspiracy to get Trump elected, but wait until you hear these Russian hackers’ motivation!
Sometimes a story just lands in your lap that is so incredible that you can’t believe it, but it’s such a great story that you can’t just ignore it, either. Sometimes you wind up debunking it, sometimes you wind up confirming it, and sometimes, you take the story as far as you can and still…
Data Privacy Event Affects UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan
UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan is providing notice of a recent data event that may have affected the security of personal information relating to current and former UFCW Local 655 Food Employers Joint Pension Plan participants. On or around July 21, 2016, UFCW was the victim of a ransomware attack. UFCW immediately began…