While Change Healthcare continues to try to restore all services following a damaging ransomware attack in February, they now face a new and concerning threat. No Honor Among Thieves On March 4, a threat actor calling themself “notchy” claimed that they had been involved in the attack on Change Healthcare and that their job was […]
Updated April 4: Omni Hotels subsequently acknowledged that they were hit by a cyberattack. They have published an FAQ on the incident that says most services have been restored. They have not yet determined whether any guest data on their servers was accessed or acquired in the attack. Original article follows: Omni Hotels & Resorts […]
“It’s not a matter of ‘if.’ It’s just a matter of ‘when,’” people say about data breaches. The same could be said for potential class action lawsuits that follow announcements of big breaches. This week, AT&T is among those who are being sued over a big breach. Bloomberg reports: COURT: N.D. TexTRACK DOCKET: No. 3:24-cv-00757 (Bloomberg Law subscription) AT&T […]
WFAA reports that AT&T has begun notifying about 7.6 million current AT&T account holders and 65.4 million former account holders whose data recently leaked online. The data set includes information such as Social Security numbers. It is unknown if the data “originated from AT&T or one of its vendors,” the company said in a recent […]
A draft of federal cyber incident reporting rules for the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act of 2022 (CIRCIA) has been posted in the Federal Register. It’s not exactly light reading, weighing in at a whopping 447-page Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The rules will require critical infrastructure entities to notify the federal government of […]
On February 15, the U.S. Department of State offered a $10 million reward for “information leading to the identification or location of any individual(s) who hold a key leadership position in the Transnational Organized Crime group behind the ALPHV/Blackcat ransomware variant. In addition, a reward offer of up to $5,000,000 is offered for information leading to the […]
The Readable explains: A decade-long legal battle involving a data breach that affected the majority of the South Korean population concluded last week. The court confirmed a compensation award of $48 million to a credit card company. The Supreme Court of Korea has rejected the appeal of the defense and ordered the company to pay […]
Data Breach Today reports: A Midwest operator of nursing homes has filed for bankruptcy, citing the effects of a ransomware attack last fall and fallout from the recent Change Healthcare outage as factors that contributed to its financial woes. See Also: Take Inventory of Your Medical Device Security Risks SC Healthcare Holdings LLC, which operates as […]
The Independent reports: China has been accused of a “malign” cyberattack on Britain after it allegedly accessed millions of voters’ personal details during a hack on the election watchdog. The UK is poised to sanction those believed to be involved in Chinese state-backed interference, after deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden sets out details about the alleged incident later on […]
Bleeping Computer reports: U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan warned governors today that hackers are “striking” critical infrastructure across the country’s water sector. In a joint letter sent on Tuesday, they asked for the governors’ support to ensure that water systems in their states are adequately defended against […]
