CorrectHealth in Georgia is a private provider of healthcare services to incarcerated individuals. In November 2021, they discovered a data breach involving some employees’ email accounts. They did not reveal when the breach occurred, and it seems it took them until July 2022 to investigate and identify the 54,066 individuals they are notifying. Nothing...
Natasha Ganesan reports: Firms and individuals in Singapore faced an increased number of cybercrime, phishing and ransomware threats last year, according to a report released by the Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) on Monday (Aug 29). There were 137 ransomware cases in 2021, a 54 per cent jump from the 89 reported in...
John Hall reports: Attorneys representing a potentially large group of residents and employees of nursing home behemoth Avamere Holdings announced they have filed a class action suit accusing the long-term care provider of failing to protect its residents and staff from a massive cyberattack. The operator faces the class-action lawsuit over a data breach believed to have affected...
FMT reporters: Police are investigating new evidence linked to a data leak about five years ago that reportedly involved 46 million Malaysian mobile numbers. The new evidence is believed to revolve around the use of a highly-secure laptop computer from the premises of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission to access a server containing...
EmergeOrtho in North Carolina has started sending notification letters to patients whose protected health information may have been accessed during a ransomware attack in May. According to a notification template seen by DataBreaches, EmergeOrtho discovered and blocked a ransomware attack on May 18. Their letter does not specifically state whether any files were encrypted,...
Many student loan borrowers caught a huge break this week with government forgiveness of some student loan debt. But for 2.5 million student loan borrowers, the week also brought news of a breach of their contact information and Social Security numbers. Nelnet Servicing in Nebraska provides technology services to EdFinancial and OSLA, including portals...
Is “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang” a new ransomware group on the scene, a rebrand, or neither? In July, a new channel appeared on Telegram called the “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang.” In August, information about alleged victims started to appear. So far, the gang has leaked some data allegedly from three victims in two incidents. In each...
Alex Rose reports: Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer announced Friday that an international thief or thieves stole approximately $3 million from the Chester Upland School District last year using a Florida woman as a “money mule,” but said it might have been much worse if not for the intervention of officials with the...
PTI reports: Akasa Air has suffered data breach resulting in access of user information by unauthorised individuals. The airline, which started operations on August 7, has apologised to its customers and has “self-reported the incident” to CERT-In, according to a communication. Read more at The Telegraph India.
New Golang Ransomware Agenda Customizes Attacks