Iona Cleave reports: The real identity of Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto could finally be revealed, unlocking the key to his £36billion fortune. A UK court will now decide if Craig Wright, 54, is the mysterious, anonymous crypto-king who disappeared from the internet over a decade ago. Wright, an Australian computer scientist who lives in London, has been…
Reports of data breach on Class Charts platform
Schools Week reports: The information watchdog is investigating reports of a data breach on the Class Charts behaviour management platform, which is used by tens of thousands of teachers. Some parents logging on to Class Charts last week were reportedly shown data relating to other children. The Information Commissioner’s Office told Schools Week it had “received a…
Canada’s most prolific hacker is expected to make full restitution
Gary Dimmock reports: It’s not every day that fraud victims get their money back. But Canada’s most prolific hacker, who launched ransomware attacks from his Ottawa home that left some targets in financial ruin, will be making full restitution. Matthew Philbert, 33, pleaded guilty to years of cyber attacks and was recently sentenced to two…
Atlanta Women’s Health Group notifying patients of April 2023 data breach
John Shirek reports that Atlanta Women’s Health Group just notified more than 30,000 patients about a data breach that occurred in April, 2023. As is too often the case, the incident resulted in the theft of patients’ protected health information. 11Alive reproduced part of the letter sent to patients, which says: “…while the unauthorized user…
Lurie Children’s Hospital took systems offline after cyberattack
Bill Toulas reports: Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago was forced to take IT systems offline after a cyberattack, disrupting normal operations and delaying medical care in some instances. Lurie Children’s is a Chicago-based pediatric acute care hospital with 360 beds, 1,665 physicians covering 70 sub-specialties, and 4,000 medical staff and employees. It is one of…
Was BrightStar Care attacked by two different groups — or was there only one breach?
On January 24, DataBreaches was contacted by a spokesperson for AlphV (“BlackCat”) to see if this site would be interested in reporting on a breach involving BrightStar Care (“BrightStar”). BrightStar had been added to their dark web leak site that day but without any proof of claim. The spokesperson was offering to show DataBreaches data…