John Henderson reports: Alachua County school officials are investigating whether students’ personal information was compromised after a data breach in a computer system connected to school meal programs. The district notified families of school children Monday that a letter sent out recently by PCS Revenue Control Systems Inc. — a company that handles computer services for reduced lunch programs — is…
UK: Print group hit by cyber attack
Jo Francis reports: It is believed that cyber criminals may be specifically targeting firms that provide support services to financial institutions. Operations at MBA Group, which has sites in London and Warrington, have been affected after the business was subjected to an attack. In a statement, sales director Kevin Stewart said the firm hoped to…
UPDATE: Seller of alleged MobiKwik data deletes all the data and says “Adios!”
The following post by the original poster/seller appeared on the forum where the MobiKwik data — or what was purported to be MobiKwik data — was offered for sale: Major Update: =========== So, we have received probably 100-150 mails/messages last 24 hours regarding this leak. People praising us for hacking???, people wanting to learn hacking,…
North Texas Woman Guilty in Multimillion-Dollar Conspiracy Involving the Sale of Forged Prescriptions
There’s an update to a case involving theft of patient identity information to support a fraud ring. As in the previous press release by DOJ, they do not mention the identity of the entity whose EHR system was compromised or misused by the criminals. A search on LinkedIn, however, indicates that a Lydia Henslee, who…
MN: Apple Valley Clinic notifies 157,939 patients about Netgain Technology breach
In November, 2020, cloud IT services provider Netgain Technology LLC experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in them taking some of their data centers offline. In December and January, they began notifying some of their clients. In January, Ramsey County notified 8,700 clients of its Family Health Division about the breach. In February, Woodcreek Provider…
Mobikwik offers master class in how NOT to respond to a breach; researchers scoff, consumers rage
Things have rapidly escalated in the wake of Mobikwik’s repeated denials that the digital wallet and payments network firm had a massive breach. As DataBreaches.net reported on Sunday, more than 8 TB of data from the firm had been listed for sale on a popular forum, data that allegedly included KYC (Know Your Customer) data…