A rehabilitation and support services agency that provides services to more than 3,000 individuals with psychiatric and substance abuse disorders each year has been the victim of a cyberattack by threat actors call themselves “Grief.” Rehabilitation Support Services, Inc. (RSS) operates in 13 upstate New York counties through 5 service divisions. According to their web…
Sodinokibi hackers demand $70 mln to restore data held by companies hit in Kaseya cyberattack
Raphael Satter reports: Hackers suspected to be behind a mass extortion attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday demanded $70 million to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site. The demand was posted on a blog typically used by the REvil cybercrime gang,…
In: Air India flyer seeks damages over SITA data breach
The Tribune reports: An Air India flyer has sought damages from the airline after the recent leak of personal data of 4.5 million passengers, including hers and her husband’s. A legal notice was sent to Air India management on Sunday by Ritika Handoo in which she said that the airline informed her about the breach…
Hackety hack hack…
There are so many breach reports that it’s hard to even find all the notices and reports about them these days. These days, there are many breaches that I log in worksheets I compile for Protenus’s Breach Barometer annual report but never even post on this blog. Just today, for example, I found: a notice…
Canadian non-profit hit by malware gets help — from the threat actor
Good Shepherd Centres in Canada recently disclosed a breach involving protected health information that occurred on September, 27, 2020. On June 29, Good Shepherd posted a statement that explains that it had been the victim of an attempt to shut down its systems, but that the attacker(s) “quickly facilitated restoration after realizing that Good Shepherd…
Insurer Dominion National settles for $2 million in data breach lawsuit
Ax Sharma reports a settlement in litigation over a breach that was disclosed in 2019 but presumably began in 2010. Dominion National, Virginia-based insurance provider of dental and vision health benefits has reached settlement in the class action lawsuit concerning the decade-old data breach that exposed sensitive customer information of over 2.9 million patients. Although…