Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions provided notice on Friday concerning a breach on January 20, 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed a Microsoft Office 365-hosted business email account. Conifer discovered the breach on April 14, 2022. The email account is separate from Conifer’s internal network and systems, which were not impacted. But the compromise enabled the…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Mexico – Quintana Roo Police officers arrested on Wednesday a man identified as Levis “N.” He is suspected of stealing bank data and credit cards from users at ATMs in Cancun. Read more at RadioFormulaQR. But that is not the only news out of that area of note. Mexico – Judicial Poder of Quintana Roo…
Maryland Men Sentenced to Prison for Membership in Computer Fraud and ID Theft Ring That Targeted State Governments
ALBANY, NEW YORK – Guy Cuomo a/k/a “John Monaco,” age 54, of Frederick, Maryland, was sentenced today to 45 months in prison for computer fraud, misuse of a social security number, aggravated identity theft and related conspiracy charges for his role in a scheme to sell information unlawfully obtained from the New York State Department…
Finland’s parliament hit with cyberattack following US move to admit the country to NATO
Ines Kagubare reports: Finland’s parliament website was temporarily down on Tuesday following a cyberattack that coincided with President Biden’s move to admit the Nordic country to NATO. The Finnish parliament said in a statement on Twitter that a denial-of-service attack hit the parliament’s external websites at around 2:30 p.m. local time. Read more at The Hill.
Hacker offers to sell data of 48.5 mln users of Shanghai’s COVID app
Reuters reports: A hacker claims to have obtained the personal information of 48.5 million users of a COVID health mobile app run by the city of Shanghai, the second claim of a breach of the Chinese financial hub’s data in just over a month. The hacker with the username as “XJP” posted an offer to…
Warner Norcross & Judd notified 120,000 Priority Health Plan members of 2021 breach
On July 11, the law firm of Warner Norcross & Judd reported a data breach to the California Attorney General’s Office and other states. This past week, they issued a press release concerning the same incident and also issued a second press release on behalf of Priority Health, a health insurer in Michigan. From the…