You may see a number of hospitals and covered entities issuing statements this week about a data security incident involving Med-Data (Med-Data, Incorporated). So far, Memorial Hermann, U. of Chicago, Aspirus, and OSF Healthcare have posted notices. Others should be or may be posting soon. Here’s DataBreaches.net’s exclusive report on the incident. Another Day, Another…
University of Maryland, Baltimore responds to Accellion breach
This week, a number of universities were added to CLOP threat actors’ dark web leak site. They appear to be linked to the Accellion breach in December and January. As a reminder, many of Accellion’s clients used a standalone server with Accellion’s software to transfer large files. The attack did not hit Accellion’s clients’ own…
NZ: Allied Press hit by data breach
This afternoon Allied Press was contacted by Government cyber security organisation Cert NZ about a data breach affecting its ODT Archive service. Those affected by the breach have been sent an email containing more information. Read more on Otago Daily Times. Since Allied Press owns Otago Daily Times and is a news outlet, you’d hope…
NZ: Heath board has contacted 50 people affected by software privacy breach
Sam Sherwood reports: About 50 people affected by a software error that allowed patients’ private information to be seen in the Covid-19 vaccination appointment booking system have been contacted by the Canterbury District Health Board (CDHB). The error meant the details of 714 individuals who had registered were potentially able to be viewed. The details included…
Man charged for hacking Kansas water utility with intent to harm public
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The US Department of Justice has indicted today a Kansas man on charges of hacking into the computer system of a local water utility and trying to sabotage water processing operations with the intent to harm the local public. According to court documents, the incident took place on March 27, 2019, and…
DE: City administration Angermünde temporarily unavailable
The following is a translation of a notice on Angermünde’s web site: The city administration of Angermünde is initially closed for all administrative services until April 7th, 2021. This affects all administrative areas including the citizens’ office and registry office. The reason is a hacker attack that damaged the entire IT system of the administration. All administrative staff…