Irvin Jackson reports: Following a massive AT&T data breach that resulted in the theft of tens of millions of customers’ phone and text messaging history, a U.S. Senator has sent a request for more information about how the breach occurred and when federal agencies learned about the problems, suggesting that cyberattack could represent a threat…
Belfast Trust investigating patient details data breach at Mental Health unit
Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…
FBI Issues Warning As ‘Men In Black’ Hackers Demand $60 Million Ransom
Davey Winder reports: An updated advisory from the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has warned of the danger from a ransomware group that has demanded as much as $60 million from its victims, and a staggering total of $500 million so far. The criminal hackers concerned have rebranded from calling themselves Royal…
UK: Provisional decision to impose £6m fine on software provider Advanced following 2022 ransomware attack
The following statement by the Information Commissioner’s Office concerns a devastating 2022 ransomware attack by LockBit3.0 on Advanced Computer Software Group (“Advanced”), an IT vendor for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Here is the ICO’s statement about Advanced: We have provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09m, following an initial…
Police recover over USD 40 million from international email scam
Singapore authorities make record recovery thanks to cooperation with Timor Leste through INTERPOL LYON, France: A global stop-payment mechanism developed by INTERPOL has helped Singapore authorities make their largest ever recovery of funds defrauded in a business email compromise scam. On 23 July 2024, a commodity firm based in Singapore filed a police report stating…
Six U.S. hospital breach reports from July; some have flown under the media radar (1)
Although DataBreaches does not report on all incidents involving U.S. healthcare entities, a log is kept to calculate statistics for the annual Breach Barometer report produced by Protenus, Inc. For the month of July, DataBreaches noted the following six U.S. hospitals disclosed breaches or were claimed as victims by threat actors. Some of these incidents…