Michael Sessa reports: The names and Social Security numbers of about 9,800 Syracuse University students, alumni and applicants have been exposed after someone gained unauthorized access to an employee’s email account. The university has sent letters to affected students, alerting them that the university had investigated a data security breach involving some of their personal information….
TX: Threat actors dump patient files from Nocona General Hospital
On February 3, Conti threat actors added Nocona General Hospital in Texas to their leak site, posting 20 files as proof that they had accessed the hospital’s files. Many of the files contained patient records from 2018, and appeared to be pdf scans or doc files. They did not appear to be records from any…
University of Colorado responds to Accellion breach
California-based Accellion has already released statements about a breach they experienced. And they have already been hit with at least one lawsuit over the breach. But we are still first learning about how some of their clients were impacted. Today we learned that the University of Colorado is investigating whether there was any personal, confidential,…
FR: Mutuelle Nationale des Hospitaliers et des professionnels de la santé et du social (MNH) discloses cyberattack
(translation of statement on their web site): The MNH has been undergoing a cyber attack since Friday, February 5, 2021 . Computer systems have been disconnected for security reasons. Our websites (mnh.fr, members’ area, corresponding and elected extranets) as well as our telephone platform (3031) are temporarily unavailable. The processing times for your requests are extended. Believe that we…
NC: Stolen Chatham county data posted online after cyber incident, includes personnel files, other sensitive documents
Bill Horner III, Hannah McLellan, & D. Lars Dolder report: Sensitive data files stolen following Chatham County’s Oct. 28 governmental “cyber incident” have been posted online by the criminal enterprise responsible, the News + Record has learned. The files include such things as personnel records of some county employees, medical evaluations of children who are…
NY: Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Nude Photos of Dozens of Victims
A New York man pleaded guilty Monday to computer fraud and aggravated identity theft related to his hacking of online social media accounts and theft of nude images of dozens of female victims. Acting Assistant Attorney General Nicholas L. McQuaid, Acting U.S. Attorney Antoinette T. Bacon of the Northern District of New York, Special Agent…