CCM Health in Minnesota provides health services through public hospitals and healthcare facilities. In a notification letter dated March 12, 2024, they informed patients that protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed and exfiltrated during an attack that occurred between April 3 – April 10, 2023. They do not reveal when or how they…
One month later, pathetic DDoSer keeps trying and failing (1)
By “Dissent Doe, PhD” and “Batman” March 7 started out fairly normally – until DataBreaches.net was hit with about 11 million requests in less than an hour. Most of them were from Russia, but of course, that didn’t prove anything. But it seemed clear that DataBreaches had ticked someone or some group off. Again. Ticking…
More Woes for Change Healthcare and Patients
Four months after law enforcement took down AlphV’s leak site and disrupted their operations, AlphV has not recovered. The damage from law enforcement in December was one factor. Then, in March, a self-described affiliate claimed that AlphV had gotten a $22 million payment from Change Healthcare OPTUM but had taken the money, suspended the affiliate’s…
Update: American Renal Associates Data Breach Exposes Over 37,700 Individuals: Medusa Exfiltrates 5TB+ Data
SuspectFile reports: The American Renal Associates (ARA) provides care to patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is one of the largest dialysis service providers in the United States. In a previous article, we reported on the theft of PHI and PII data from the servers of American Renal Associates by the Medusa ransomware group, which…
Hacker fakes his own death to avoid paying $100,000 in child maintenance
Raoul Simons reports: A computer hacker faked his own death to avoid paying over $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife, according to court documents. Jesse E. Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of computer fraud at a Kentucky court on March 29. According to his…
Contract Class Certified in CareFirst Data Breach Lawsuit 9 Years After Legal Action was Initiated
Steve Alder reports: A lawsuit against CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield that was filed in response to a 2014 data breach has had a contract class certified by a federal judge, 9 years after legal action was initiated. The lawsuit can now proceed and more than 1 million plan members are a step closer to obtaining damages. In…