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Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics notifies 88K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, medical and financial info
New Hampshire clinic Access Sports Medicine and Orthopaedics this week confirmed it notified 88,044 people of a May 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, financial info, medical info, and health insurance info. Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack on May 18, 2024. The notice sent to affected patients states, “On May 10, 2024, Access Sports…
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Massachusetts halfway house client data breached, SSNs and medical info compromised
The North Cottage Program, a Massachusetts addiction treatment center, this week confirmed it notified 6,650 current and former clients of a May 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, addresses, medication info, health insurance info, treatment plans, provider notes, and dates of birth. The notice (PDF) to victims states, “NCP discovered a network security incident involving an unauthorized…
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Korea’s Hanon Systems notifies employees of data breach that compromised SSNs, contact info
South Korea’s Hanon Systems over the weekend confirmed it notified 1,205 Americans of a July 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, and contact information. Ransomware group Hunters International claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole more than 1.6 million files, or 2.3 TB of data. Hanon’s notice to victims states, “On July 21, 2024, HS was…
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Toronto District School Board hacked by LockBit, student info leaked
The Toronto District School Board yesterday notified an undisclosed number of students about a June 2024 data breach that compromised names, schools, grades, TDSB email addresses, TDSB student numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware gang LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack and gave the district until September 12, 2024 to pay a ransom. TDSB has not verified LockBit’s claim. We…
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X’s Grok directs to government site after sharing false election info
X has updated its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok after five secretaries of state warned it was spreading election misinformation. The AI assistant will now say “For accurate and up-to-date information about the 2024 US Elections, please visit Vote.gov,” when users ask election-related questions. The change was introduced after election officials from Minnesota, New Mexico, Michigan, Washington, and Pennsylvania sent a…
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Young Consulting notifies 954K people of data breach that compromised SSNs and other info
Young Consulting, a medical SaaS company that recently rebranded to Connexure, yesterday confirmed it notified 954,177 people of an April 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, insurance policy and claim info, and prescriptions. Ransomware gang BlackSuit claimed responsibility for the attack shortly after it occurred. BlackSuit gave Young 72 hours to make contact and…
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Connecticut special needs school hacked; student SSNs, finance, and medical info compromised
Waterford Country School this week notified an undisclosed number of people about a September 2023 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, financial account info, medical info, health insurance info, driver’s license numbers, dates of birth, addresses, and student ID numbers. Ransomware gang Inc claimed responsibility for the attack on January 29, 2024. The school’s notice states, “Following an…
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The New Jewish Home notifies 100K+ people of data breach that compromised SSNs, payment cards, and medical info
The New Jewish Home over the weekend confirmed it notified 104,234 people of a January 2024 data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, payment card information, financial account info, medical record info, medical treatment info, addresses, passport numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware group ALPHV/BlackCat claimed responsibility for the attack at the time, saying it stole “more than 2k…
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Kootenai Health notifies 464K people of data breach that exposed SSNs, medical info
Kootenai Health yesterday confirmed it notified 464,088 people of a February 2024 data breach that exposed names, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, treatments, conditions, diagnoses, medications, health insurance info, driver’s licenses, and dates of birth. Ransomware group ThreeAM claimed responsibility for the breach shortly after it occurred on February 22, 2024. Kootenai Health says it became aware of the…
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Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners breached, SSNs and other info compromised
The Executive Council of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy Examiners (ECPTOTE) yesterday confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people about a data breach that compromised names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware gang Hunters International claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it stole 139 GB of data (195,822 files), including that of military service members (h/t HackManac).…
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