DataBreaches is generally a great fan of state attorneys general taking enforcement action stemming from data breaches where the security was really subpar or the entity did not notify those affected in a reasonable amount of time. But two enforcement actions in New York have me wondering if the state has been a bit unfair…
When a deal is not a done deal: Nova demands higher payment from Clinical Diagnostics (1)
Last week, it appeared that Clinical Diagnostics (“Eurofins”) had paid a gang’s demands not to leak patient data that Nova had exfiltrated during a ransomware attack in July. Clinical Diagnostics in the Netheralands held patient data on 485,000 Dutch women in a cervical cancer screening program. Nova confirmed the payment to a Dutch news outlet….
HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Ransomware Security Rule Investigation with BST & Co. CPAs, LLP
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…