QUEENS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Long Island Jewish Forest Hills Hospital (“LIJFH”) today announced that it has notified patients who were potentially impacted by a former employee’s unauthorized access of electronic medical records. LIJFH has taken steps to address this matter and is offering credit monitoring to any patient who may have been affected. As background, on January…
UK: NHS Highland apologizes after data security breach
Tom Ramage reports: Letters inviting patients at NHS Highland for their second dose of Covid vaccine were produced by NHS Highland Public Health carrying information relating to other patients. A spokesperson has explained: “These letters each contain the name and address of the patient along with the date, a time slot and a location they…
Data leak affects about 3,000 NYC students and 100 employees, officials confirm
Pooja Salhotra reports: Personal information, including academic records and biographical data, of about 3,000 New York City public school students and 100 education department staff members was inadvertently shared more widely than intended, education department officials confirmed on Thursday. At least one student within the public school system managed to access a Google Drive that…
ibex Provides Notice of Data Security Incident
WASHINGTON, Aug. 07, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ibex today issued this announcement concerning an earlier event, disclosed by the company on October 23, 2020 in its Annual Report (Form 20-F), which may have potentially impacted the security of information relating to certain employees and their families. While ibex is unaware of any attempted or actual…
Ransomware Shuts Down Online Services in Joplin, Mo.
Debby Woodin reports: A July 7 network security incident that caused the Joplin city government’s computer system to shut down is believed to be the result of ransomware, the city said Thursday in a statement amid an ongoing investigation. An insurer has paid an unknown person $320,000 to keep any sensitive information obtained as a…
Motherboard vendor GIGABYTE hit by RansomExx ransomware gang
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Taiwanese computer hardware vendor GIGABYTE has suffered a ransomware attack, and hackers are currently threatening to release more than 112 GB of business data on the dark web unless the company agrees to their ransom demands. The Taiwanese company, primarily known for its high-performance motherboards, confirmed the attack in a phone call…