Circles of Care is a healthcare provider in Florida offering diagnostic and treatment services to those with behavioral, substance abuse, or mental health issues. In September 2022, they were the victim of a ransomware attack. Circles of Care first detected anomalous activity on their server on September 21, but according to their recent website notice,…
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Cybersecurity incident shuts down TUSD internet, network services (updated)
Update of February 10, 2023: Royal Ransomware Group has claimed responsibility for the attack so that is now confirmed. They also uploaded 5 GB of files, which they claim is 2% of what they exfiltrated. Genesis Lara reports: A “cybersecurity incident” on Tucson Unified School District’s technology network shut down the district’s internet and network…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
BR: Instituto Federal Do Pará Attack Claimed By BlackCat The Instituto Federal Do Pará (IFPA) is a public education institution in Brazil. On January 21, it was added to the leaks site of the AlphV (BlackCat) group with a message saying, “The guys decided to ignore our ransom demands, so the data of their employees…
Class action lawsuits following breaches in the medical sector: do they help or make things worse?
In their predictions for 2023, the very first prediction by Mary T. Costigan, Jason C. Gavejian & Joseph J. Lazzarotti of JacksonLewis involved healthcare and medical data security and tracking: 2023 will see a significant increase in the number of lawsuits and perhaps OCR compliance reviews relating to medical information privacy and HIPAA, including new…
Indianapolis Housing Authority breach was worse than originally estimated
In early October, Fox News reported that the Indianapolis Housing Authority had suffered a cyberattack, noting The personal information of approximately 25,000 IHA residents plus the data from vendors and employees as well as financial transactions shared with the Department of Housing and Urban Development are likely at risk. The city has now reported the…
Developing: Hive’s leak site seized
A coordinated law enforcement effort has resulted in the takedown of Hive ransomware group’s leak site. The notice appears in both Russian and English, which is a bit of a change for how these seizure notices usually appear. This is a developing story and will be updated. According to the DOJ, they will be announcing…