Data Breaches

New Hyde Park, NY-based Northwell Health, the largest health system in New York, has joined the list of Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A) clients affected by the recent data breach. The breach, which PJ&A discovered occurred between April 7 and April 19, 2023, was reported to Northwell Health on July 21, 2023. PJ&A concluded its...

In a major cyber attack on Friday, hackers pilfered over $100 million from cryptocurrency trading platform Poloniex, absconding with substantial amounts of Bitcoin and Ethereum. The platform confirmed the incident on social media, assuring users of a thorough investigation and a commitment to fully reimburse those impacted by the breach. In a surprising move, Poloniex...

Butler County officials have issued a public advisory regarding a recent data security incident, revealing that an unauthorized individual gained access to personally identifiable information. The county, prompted by federal authorities who detected suspicious activity on its computer network in early October, concluded by the end of the month that there had been unauthorized...

The hacker group SingularityMD has reportedly threatened JeffCo Public Schools, the second-largest school district in Colorado, with uploading sensitive employee and student information to the dark web unless a $15,000 ransom in cryptocurrency is paid. The Denver Gazette has learned of this cyber extortion plot. An individual using the alias Anihi Blep criticized the district's...

Coin Cloud, a defunct Bitcoin ATM provider, has reportedly become the target of a significant data breach. Unknown hackers have allegedly breached the company's security infrastructure, compromising the personal information of more than 300,000 users and making off with the entire source code that underpins Coin Cloud's operations. The extent of the breach is alarming,...

Plume, a renowned Smart WiFi services provider based in Palo Alto, California, has found itself at the center of attention after claims surfaced on a popular data leak forum. Attackers assert that they have successfully accessed and downloaded gigabytes of user data, including over 20GB of Plume's WiFi database, which purportedly holds more than...

The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) faced a cyberattack orchestrated by the infamous Lockbit group, continuing its menacing global campaign against some of the world's largest organizations. With a track record dating back to 2020, Lockbit has risen to prominence as the foremost ransomware threat globally, leaving more than 1,700 American organizations...

Renowned Jamaican cybersecurity researcher, Gavin Dennis, has disclosed a significant cybersecurity breach affecting ShopCourts, the online shopping portal for Courts Caribbean. According to Dennis's LinkedIn post, the breach has resulted in the exfiltration of data from up to 200,000 orders. Dennis provided insights into the nature of the breach, stating that a sample of customer...

Personal data belonging to more than 155,000 former students and staff of Pierce College was reportedly leaked on the dark web following a cyberattack this summer. The breach included sensitive details such as Social Security numbers and banking information, prompting a lawsuit against the Pierce College District. Sally McAuley, a district student in 2022...

McLaren Health Care, a non-profit healthcare system with a substantial presence in Michigan, is grappling with the aftermath of a significant data breach that exposed sensitive personal information of nearly 2.2 million individuals. The breach, occurring between late July and August of this year, was identified on August 22, 2023, prompting McLaren to initiate...

Aerospace and defense giant Boeing has fallen victim to a data breach, with internal data reportedly published online by the hacking group Lockbit. Reports suggest that Lockbit, which previously issued a ransom notice to Boeing, followed through on its threat by releasing the compromised data. Boeing, in response to the incident, released a statement asserting...

Patients of St. Bernards Healthcare are being urged to monitor their credit following a data breach that occurred on the MOVEit server, managed by Welltok, Inc. The breach spanned from May 30 to May 31, 2023, and again in June 2023, according to a press release. The healthcare system revealed that the unauthorized access by...

Sutter Health, a prominent healthcare provider, has recently disclosed a data breach involving one of its vendors that exposed the personal information of 845,441 patients. The breach, which occurred last spring, was attributed to a ransomware attack targeting a file transfer tool known as MOVEit. According to a statement on Sutter Health's website dated November...

US Radiology Specialists has agreed to pay $450,000 in penalties following an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The penalty stems from the company's failure to safeguard the personal and health care data of its patients, leaving its network exposed to a known vulnerability that resulted in a ransomware attack affecting over...

The Maine government has confirmed that personal information of over a million individuals was stolen in a data breach earlier this year, orchestrated by a ransomware gang with alleged ties to Russia. The breach exploited a vulnerability in the state's MOVEit file-transfer system, leading to unauthorized access and download of files from certain state...