The Record reports: A September ransomware attack on American Addiction Centers exposed the sensitive healthcare information of more than 400,000 people. The company began mailing out breach notification letters ahead of the Christmas holiday, warning 422,424 people that Social Security numbers and health insurance information were among the data leaked during the attack. The company runs a […]
In early January, loanDepot posted a message on its site about a cyberattack that resulted in it taking its systems offline. In February, BlackCat threat actors claimed responsibility for the attack while loanDepot began notifying almost 17 million customers. Now National Mortgage News reports that a settlement is pending approval by a federal court judge: […]
It took them months to update their report, but Ascension has now disclosed how many patients were affected by a ransomware attack they disclosed earlier this year. Bleeping Computer reports: Ascension, one of the largest private U.S. healthcare systems, is notifying nearly 5.6 million patients and employees that their personal and health data was stolen […]
From Top Class Actions, news of a settlement involving insurance brokerage firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co: Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. agreed to a $21 million class action lawsuit settlement to resolve claims it failed to prevent a 2020 data breach that compromised sensitive employee and client information. The Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. […]
Cisco should have a bit of a professional red face or black eye this week after hackers leaked data acquired from them due, in part, to a mistake. Cybersecurity News reports: The notorious hacker IntelBroker has leaked 2.9GB of data allegedly stolen from Cisco’s DevHub environment. This partial leak, disclosed on December 16, 2024, is […]
Another major US hospital system recently suffered a cyberattack. Bleeping Computer reported: The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center and its El Paso counterpart suffered a cyberattack that disrupted computer systems and applications, potentially exposing the data of 1.4 million patients. The organization is a public, academic health institution that is part of the Texas Tech […]
Deloitte has been getting its name in the news this month, but not in a good way. First, a ransomware group named “Brain Cipher” claimed to have attacked Deloitte UK. Deloitte responded to their claims by denying that their network was breached and stating that the breach involved a single client’s system that is not […]
There is an update to the reports of a Cleo file transfer vulnerability being exploited by hackers. Bleeping Computer reports that the same actors who were responsible for the massive MoveIT breach have also claimed responsibility for the Cleo breach: The Clop ransomware gang has confirmed to BleepingComputer that they are behind the recent Cleo […]
Here we go again: threat actors are taking advantage of vulnerabilities in file transfer products. This time it is Cleo file transfer products. The Record reports: Cybersecurity researchers are warning that vulnerabilities in several file transfer products are being exploited by hackers, even after a patch was released by the developer. The vulnerability — CVE-2024-50623 — was […]
