Jon Craig reports: Maryville, a nonprofit addition agency, is offering credit monitoring services for those who may have had their Social Security numbers and other private details exposed as a result of the incident, according to spokesman Bill Crowe. The centers affected are in Williamstown, Turnersville, Pemberton, Vineland and Franklinville. Read more at Camden Daily…
Change Healthcare responding to cyberattack; few details known at this point
Early yesterday, Change Healthcare reported that they were experiencing enterprise-wide connectivity issues. They didn’t call it a cyberattack at that point, but by mid-day, their status reports were indicating that they were experiencing “a network interruption related to a cyber security issue.” A few hours later, they added a statement, “Once we became aware of…
Unpicking LockBit — 22 Cases of Affiliate Tradecraft
As part of its roll-out of news about the LockBit disruption, the governments involved have provided additional information and resources. One of the resources is an article by Secureworks. The summary of their article: Summary The GOLD MYSTIC threat group has operated the LockBit name-and-shame ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) scheme since mid-2019, exploiting unauthorized access to thousands…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Second Ever Ransomware Cyber-Attack for $40,000 and a Corrective Action Plan with OCR Monitoring
HHS OCR has announced a second enforcement settlement in a ransomware case. The 2019 breach involving Green Ridge Behavioral Health managed to fly mostly under the media radar at the time. DataBreaches was not even aware that it was a ransomware attack as when this site contacted Green Ridge back then to inquire about the…
Hack at Services Firm Hits 2.4 Million Eye Doctor Patients
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: Medical Management Resource Group, which does business as American Vision Partners, works with – and “shares” a management system, IT and infrastructure with – 12 practices, according to its website. The incident involved the hack of a network server and affected more than 2.35 million individuals, the company said in a…
Data Breach Putative Class Action Questions Whether Broker Was Swift Enough in Notice and Response
Andrea DeField and Matthew J. Revis of Hunton Andrews Kurth write: While America was tuned into the big game, one California insurance broker faced its own treacherous showdown in the form of a putative class action filed on February 8, 2024 stemming from a data breach. With cyber incidents still on the rise, this is a story…