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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care to pay $16 million to settle data breach litigation
Teiss reports: Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and its parent company, Point32Health, have reached a $16 million settlement to resolve claims arising from a 2023 ransomware attack that compromised the sensitive data of nearly three million individuals. The agreement follows multiple class action lawsuits that were consolidated into a single case in the U.S. District Court […]
Hacker Access To Your Small Business Costs $600 On The Dark Web
If you thought your small or medium-sized business isn’t on any criminals’ radar, think again. Forbes reports: It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of thinking that large business targets are the ones that need to worry about being attacked, be that by way of ransomware, infostealers or phishing. The truth, however, is that hackers will look […]
Financial Business and Consumer Solutions data breach impact now reaches 4.2 million people
BleepingComputer reports: Debt collection agency Financial Business and Consumer Solutions (FBCS) has again increased the number of people impacted by a February data breach, now saying it affects 4.2 million people in the US. FBCS is a US debt collection agency that collects unpaid debts from consumer credit, healthcare, commercial, auto loans and leases, student loans, […]
Patient data from Geisinger Health System downloaded by vendor’s former employee after his employment was terminated
Penn Live reports an update to a case where a former employee of IT vendor Nuance Communications downloaded Geisinger patient data in November 2023 two days after the employee had been terminated by Nuance. Geisinger detected the suspicious downloading and notified Nuance, who then permanently terminated his access. Max Vance, aka Andre J. Burk, was […]
IRS: Contractor leaked more than 400k returns
Politico reports that a former IRS contractor in prison for leaking data actually leaked even more taxpayers’ information than had previously been disclosed: The IRS told House Republicans this month that a former contractor leaked the private data of more than 400,000 taxpayers, nearly six times higher than originally thought. Doug O’Donnell, the acting IRS commissioner, told […]
China’s Silver Fox spoofs medical imaging apps to hijack patients’ computers
The Register reports: A Chinese government-backed group is spoofing legitimate medical software to hijack hospital patients’ computers, infecting them with backdoors, credential-swiping keyloggers, and cryptominers. Forescout’s Vedere Labs researchers on Monday sounded the alarm after identifying dozens of malware samples masquerading as Philips DICOM medical image viewers and other legitimate software. The samples, all collected between July […]
DISA Global Solutions reports more than 3.3 million people affected by 2024 data breach, but questions remain
DataBreaches.net reports than an updated incident report filed by DISA Global Solutions leaves a number of questions unanswered: Read more at DataBreaches.net