NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James and the attorneys general of Connecticut and New Jersey today secured $4.5 million from Enzo Biochem, Inc. (Enzo) for failing to adequately safeguard the personal and private health information of its patients. Enzo is a biotechnology company that offers patients diagnostic testing at its laboratories in New York,…
U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst Pleads Guilty to Charges of Conspiracy to Obtain and Disclose National Defense Information, Export Control Violations and Bribery
Today’s reminder of the insider threat is yesterday’s press release from the Department of Justice: Korbein Schultz, a U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst, pleaded guilty today to all charges against him in the indictment returned by a federal grand jury in March 2024 charging him with conspiracy to obtain and disclose national defense information,…
Update: Gramercy Surgery Center attackers leaked patient data going back 20 years (1)
On June 18, Gramercy Surgery Center in New York discovered it might have been the victim of a cyberattack attack. It had been, and DataBreaches recently reported that the threat actor(s) known as Everest Team leaked more than 460 GB of files they claimed to have exfiltrated. Neither Gramercy Surgery Center (GSM) nor Everest responded…
Kootenai Health sends notifications for 464,088 people after February attack
More than five months after discovering an attack that disrupted access to some of its IT systems, Kootenai Health is sending notification letters to 464,088 patients, employees, and employees’ dependents. Kootenai Health describes itself as providing a comprehensive range of medical services to patients in north Idaho, eastern Washington, Montana and the Inland Northwest at…
Leader of International Malvertising and Ransomware Schemes Extradited from Poland to Face Cybercrime Charges
Justice Department Unseals Charges Against Two Additional International Cybercriminals WASHINGTON – A Belarussian and Ukrainian dual-national charged in both the District of New Jersey and Eastern District of Virginia with leading international computer hacking and wire fraud schemes made his initial appearance in Newark, New Jersey, today after being extradited from Poland. As alleged in…
International Investigation Leads to Shutdown of RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR Ransomware Group (1)
The following takedown and operation relate, in small part, to a leak DataBreaches reported to the FBI and a hosting company. DataBreaches did not name the victim entities or RADAR-DISPOSSESSOR in that blog post to prevent others from finding or misusing the victims’ data. The dispossessor.com website now displays a seizure notice, where the word…