In February 2020, DataBreaches reported that patients of Community Care Physicians in New York may have had their protected health information, date of birth, and insurance coverage exposed as a result of a ransomware attack by Maze Team at the Albany-based accounting firm BST & Co. CPAs. The incident was reported at the time to…
Microsoft’s Nuance coughs up $8.5M to rid itself of MOVEit breach suit
Carly Page reports: Microsoft-owned talk-to-text outfit Nuance has agreed to cough up $8.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit over the sprawling MOVEit Transfer mega-breach – although it admits no liability. The proposed deal [PDF], filed in a Massachusetts federal court last week, would draw a line under litigation brought by individuals who claimed that the company failed…
18 Arrested as Gurugram Call Centre Data Leak Fuels Massive SBI Credit Card Scam
The420.in reports: The Delhi Police have arrested 18 individuals for duping State Bank of India (SBI) credit card holders of nearly ₹2.6 crore [USD $296,630.45] in a nationwide fraud. The operation, which ran for six months, relied on insider leaks at a Gurugram-based call centre and a sophisticated money-laundering network that spanned cash deals and…
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
For the “No need to hack when it’s leaking” and the “our government is our insider threat” files, Chiara Eisner of NPR reports: Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the business center of an Alaskan hotel, revealed previously undisclosed and potentially sensitive details about the Aug. 15 meetings between President Donald…
Data breach at Fundamental Administrative Services affected 56,235 patients at long-term care facilities
On March 21, 2025, Fundamental Administrative Services, LLC (“Fundamental”), a Maryland-headquartered service provider to long-term care facilities, notified HHS of a breach involving unauthorized access to its network. At the time, they used a “500” placeholder for the number affected, but also posted a substitute notice on their website. This week, Fundamental issued a press…
NYDFS Secures $2 Million Cybersecurity Settlement with Healthplex, Inc.
There is an update to a phishing incident in 2021 that impacted more than 89,000 people with Healthplex dental insurance. DataBreaches notes that the NYDFS settlement announced below is not the first settlement stemming from this incident. In December 2023, the NY Attorney General’s Office announced a $400,000 settlement with Healthplex. Both the 2023 and…