- The Pentagon announced that an IT worker and Air National Guard airman was allegedly responsible for leaking top secret documents regarding the war in Ukraine.
- NBC News reported that a printed document was found on the street in Belfast, Ireland detailing the itinerary of President Biden’s visit to the country.
- IBM reports that time to execute ransomware has dropped 94% over last few years
- Bitdefender published report that says 42% of IT professionals have been told by their upper management to keep a security breach under wraps
- Avoiding regulatory compliance
- Avoiding bad press
- Aspire Public Schools of California notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after a FERPA breach due to email phishing attack.
- Rochester Public Schools of Minnesota notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after FERPA breach due to cyber attack.
- The Proskauer Rose Law Firm of New York City, NY notified an unknown number of clients that their info was exposed after data breach.
- Camden County Police Department of New Jersey notified an unknown number of citizens that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Oakland Police Department of California is being sued by current and former employees for alleged negligence after ransomware attack exposed their personal info.
- Tesla Corp. admitted that some of its employees have illegally captured images recorded by its customers’ car cameras.
- NuLife Med medical device manufacturer of New Hampshire, agreed to pay up to $10,000 per person, who had their PHI exposed after a cyber attack that may have exposed PHI of up to 81,244 patients
- 6 hospitals in Alabama notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed in cyber attack
- Freideres Dental Clinics of Oregon notified 1,596 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Chippewa County Human Resources of Wisconsin notified 842 employees that their info was exposed after laptop computer was stolen.
- The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services notified 20,800 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
- Elmbrook Public Schools of Wisconsin notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after a FERPA breach.
- Brightline Mental Health Services is notifying an unknown number of patients of 4 hospitals in Northern California area including; Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Tri-Valley, Stanford Medicine Children’s Health, Stanford Medicine Partners of Castro Valley and Stanford University Health of Palo Alto, CA
- Retina & Vitreous Clinics, headquartered in Houston, TX, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Henrico Doctor’s Hospital in Richmond, Virginia notified 990 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- The federal government is warning the US Healthcare industry that the North Korean government is ramping up ransomware attacks in order to fund their weapons programs.
- Sarah Culbertson Memorial Hospital of Rushville, IL notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Steward Health Care, headquartered in Dallas, TX, was sued by patients for alleged negligence regarding a breach that exposed the PHI of an unknown number of patients
- Mount Nittany Health of State College, PA hit by lawsuit claiming negligence after a breach that exposed PHI of an unknown number of patients.
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