Urban Resource Institute in New York City provides shelter and services to victims of domestic abuse, homeless people, and individuals with developmental disabilities. On May 20, 2020, they were the victim of an attack on employees’ email accounts. Unusual network activity was first noticed on July 23, 2020, but it wasn’t until October, 2020 that…
Community Medical Centers notifying 656,047 patients of ransomware incident
Community Medical Centers, Inc. (“CMC”) is a non-profit community health center serving San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties in Northern California. On October 10, 2021, they shut down many of their systems after detecting unusual activity on the network. In their notification to California’s Attorney General, they reported that they found evidence that indicated unauthorized…
1,355 NUS Society members’ personal data stolen, possibly put on sale on Dark Web
Kenny Chee reports: The personal data of 1,355 National University of Singapore Society (NUSS) members has been stolen after the society’s website was hacked early last month, NUSS said on Monday (Nov 1). When asked by The Straits Times, the university graduate club did not say whether the data involved was encrypted. But it said…
Martin County tax collector still silent amid cyberattack, message to them posted on dark web
CBS in Florida reported this on October 29: CBS12 News is still waiting to hear back from the Martin County Tax Collector about a cyberattack. CBS12 News has been reaching out for more than a week, but the only time it’s been addressed is on a Facebook post that said in part “steps are being taken to…
Shoot-the-Messenger, Monday edition: ActMobile threatens researcher whose only sin was trying to let them know they are leaking data
On October 12, researcher Bob Diachenko tweeted: Since Fri I’ve been trying to get in touch with someone from ActMobile [@ActMobile] to responsibly alert that their VPN userbase (45M+) info (email, pwd, IPs, devices etc) is exposed to public but no luck. Incl. but not limited to @DashVPN, https://t.co/sdN3byHNcJ. Anyone? — Bob Diachenko (@MayhemDayOne) October…
TN: Professional Healthcare Management discloses ransomware incident
PHM’s press release, followed by this site’s comments/notes: MEMPHIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Professional Healthcare Management, Inc. (“PHM”)1, located in Memphis, Tennessee, announced today that it recently became aware of a data privacy incident impacting its servers, which contained protected health and personal information of some PHM clients and employees. PHM is a business that primarily operates in the…