On April 1, DataBreaches reached out to Bienville Orthopaedic Specialists (BOS) in Mississippi to ask about a claim by Abyss threat actors that they had compromised BOS. BOS never replied. But now, five months later, BOS submitted a breach notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office. The notification indicates that 242,986 people were affected by…
FTC Finalizes Order with 1Health.io Over Charges it Failed to Protect Privacy and Security of DNA Data and Unfairly Changed its Privacy Policy
The Federal Trade Commission finalized an order with 1Health.io that settles charges that the genetic testing firm left sensitive genetic and health data unsecured, deceived consumers about their ability to get their data deleted, and changed its privacy policy retroactively without adequately notifying consumers and obtaining their consent. In a complaint first announced in June 2023, the…
Insights From The IBM 2023 Cost of a Data Breach Report
Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis writes: The annual Cost of a Data Breach Report (Report) published by IBM is reliably full of helpful cybersecurity data. This year is no different. After reviewing the Report, we pulled out some interesting data points: Is it beneficial to involve law enforcement in a ransomware attack? According to the Report, organizations…
Janssen health database breached in cyber incident
Stefanie Schappert reports: IBM announced Wednesday that an unauthorized party breached the patient healthcare database it manages for the Johnson & Johnson-owned Janssen CarePath platform. Many of the patients are or have been treated for serious diseases, such as cancer. […] IBM says the breach exposed the sensitive information of an undisclosed number of patients,…
Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery notification — and what it doesn’t tell the patients.
On July 17, DataBreaches reported that BlackCat had added the Beverly Hills Plastic Surgery (BHPS) to their dark web leak site. The June listing was updated to include photos that appeared to be proof of claims about their access to the clinic’s files. The doctors did not respond to DataBreaches’ inquiries in July, but on…
Defence Housing Australia Investigates Third-Party Data Breach
Daniel Croft reports: An investigation by Defence Housing Australia (DHA) is currently underway after it was notified that one of its third-party service providers had been hit by a cyber attack. The organisation, which provides housing and accommodation for military personnel and their families on and off base, has stressed that while there has been…