Having to notify almost 2,800 patients because an employee fell for a phishing attack is not something most healthcare providers would exactly relish. Having to notify 2,800 patients in July and then another 744 patients in August because there were phishing incidents in two consecutive months, well,….. ouch. But that’s the situation Kaleida Health in…
At risk of hack, 465,000 pacemakers are recalled for software update
Shortly after 9/11, my mother collapsed on the street in NYC. Thanks to super prompt response by police and EMS, she survived and had a pacemaker installed. And from that moment until her death 11 years later, I never stopped worrying that someone would try to hack her pacemaker. Today, Ian Sherr reports: Sometimes life…
Court revives one case related to SuperValu data breach
Judy Greenwald reports: A federal appeals court has upheld dismissal of most of the plaintiffs who sued the SuperValu Inc. grocery distributor in connection with 2014 data breaches, but reinstated the case of one plaintiff who provided evidence his credit card was misused. Supermarket wholesaler and retailer SuperValu, based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, reported two…
Bit Paymer Ransomware Hits Scottish Hospitals
I mentioned this ransomware incident the other day, but now Catalin Cimpanu has a really good article with much detail about the ransomware and ransom demands, etc. You can read his report on BleepingComputer. Catalin’s article answers one question I had posed about the NHS Lanarkshire incident – the ransomware is believed to be installed…
Spambot leaks more than 700m email addresses in massive data breach
Alex Hern reports: More than 700m email addresses, as well as a number of passwords, have leaked publicly thanks to a misconfigured spambot, in one of the largest data breaches ever. The number of real humans’ contact details contained in the dump is likely to be lower, however, due to the number of fake, malformed…
Former Allianz Insurance employees get suspended sentences for bribery offences
Terry Gangcuangco reports: Three former Allianz Insurance employees and the two brothers who approached them to leak over 700 pieces of confidential customer data have been sentenced for bribery offences. According to the City of London Police, the three were paid more than £7,000 for the leaked information, which was then passed to claims management…