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February 29, 2024
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Change Healthcare ransomware attack continues to cause major problems for patients and providers

The attack on United Healthcare’s Change Healthcare unit continues to cause major problems. Pharmacies are struggling to fill prescriptions, patients cannot get their medications, and payment processes for providers are impacted. The problems began February 21 after hackers, subsequently identified as the AlphV (BlackCat) group, gained access to UnitedHealth’s Change Healthcare unit. How they gained […]

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February 22, 2024
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An attack on Optum Solutions/Change Healthcare has the healthcare sector worried (1)

HHS generally does not rush to issue any notice about a cyberattack, but today, they issued a quick one about Change Healthcare: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is aware that a cyber incident was identified in Optum Insight’s Change Healthcare’s technology systems on February 21. HHS is working closely with Optum Insight […]

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February 22, 2024
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Ransomware criminals lie to us. Can we lie to them?

Two Men Sitting At Desks With Laptops

Some ransomware gangs demand millions of dollars in ransom or even tens of millions of dollars. Even smaller businesses, non-profit organizations, and public school districts have increasingly become victims of cyberattacks because they are easy targets with poor defenses against attackers. Do you want your system unlocked? Do you want your data back or deleted […]

Data Breach News
February 22, 2024
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Confidential Data and Salaries of Iranian Regime’s Parliament Exposed by Dissidents

Iran News Update reports a dissident group called “Uprising Till Overthrow” managed to breach the servers and websites associated with the Iranian regime’s parliament. The leak of documents with the lawmakers’ salaries on social media has created quite a stir: Among the most significant revelations were documents containing correspondence and salary records of the 226 […]

Legal News, Data Breach News
February 20, 2024
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Breach notification laws do little to nothing to reduce breaches, study claims

Tech Times reports: A study by researchers from the University of Minnesota and George Mason University has reportedly claimed that US cybersecurity laws on breach notifications have little to no effect on curbing data breach incidents in the country.  The legislation that requires businesses to tell customers if their data has been compromised, known as breach notification laws (BNLs), enacted by governments of […]

Data Breach News
February 15, 2024
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The Pentagon is notifying individuals affected by 2023 email data breach

GovExex reports: The Defense Department is notifying some 26,000 individuals who were impacted by a data breach that was linked to a now secured server whose contents were released online last year, a spokesperson confirmed to Nextgov/FCW. The Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency on Feb. 1 issued a notice to those affected — including current and former employees — […]

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February 03, 2024
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Infosys McCamish Systems notifying 57,028 Bank of America customers of ransomware attack

More than 57,000 people enrolled in Bank of America deferred compensation plans are being notified of a data breach that occurred in early November 2023. The incident involved their Atlanta-based service provider, Infosys McCamish Systems LLC (“IMS”). Bank of America’s system was not affected or compromised. IMS is the U.S. subsidiary of Infosys BPM, an […]