Thanks to the massive Anthem hack, for nearly a decade 2015 has been the record year for U.S. health data breaches - with 112.5 million people affected. But 2023 shattered that record, big-time. Will 2024 be another banner year for health data compromises?
U.S. federal prosecutors charged a Florida teenager allegedly involved in a cryptocurrency theft scam that stole at least $800,000 from a minimum of five victims. The suspect, Noah Michael Urban, 19, is part of a cybercriminal group known as Scattered Spider or 0ktapus, reported Brian Krebs.
Getting the health sector to vastly improve the state of its cybersecurity will take much more than the recent issuance of federal guidance outlining cyber performance goals for entities. It will also require new government incentives and mandates, said Steve Cagle, CEO of consultancy Clearwater.
While ransomware groups rightly have a reputation for being morally and ethically bankrupt, many do play things straight with their victims. But RansomedVC is a notable exception. In some ways, it is "more dangerous" because of its expert ability to lie, according to researcher Jon DiMaggio.
A school district in Freehold Township, New Jersey was forced to close its schools and offices for thousands of students Monday after suffering a cybersecurity incident that caused technical difficulties across its network environment, administrators said.
A man sentenced to five years in prison for leaking Donald Trump's tax returns developed a "sophisticated, detailed plan" to evade detection by law enforcement while secretly downloading the former president's data from an Internal Revenue Service database, according to court filings.
A draft international cybercrime treaty set to enter a final round of negotiations at the United Nations Monday drew condemnation from civil society groups that said it will criminalize security research and promote indiscriminate police surveillance.
A Texas-based physical and occupational therapy provider is notifying nearly 4 million patients that they have joined the soaring tally of victims of a data theft incident at a Nevada medical transcription vendor last year. The supply chain hack appears to have affected at least 14 million people.
Federal authorities are warning of attacks on healthcare sector firms that use ConnectWise's remote access tool ScreenConnect. Hackers compromised a locally hosted version of the tool used by a large national pharmacy supply chain and managed services provider in 2023.
Supply chain attacks and zero-day exploits surged in 2023, helping to set yet another record for data breaches tracked by the Identity Theft Resource Center. James E. Lee, COO of the group, explained why the number of compromises grew so dramatically - from 1,801 incidents in 2022 to 3,205 in 2023.
The director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency confirmed she was the apparent target of a swatting attack in which police responded to false calls of a shooting at her Virginia residence on Dec. 30, 2023. In a statement, Easterly described the experience as "harrowing."
As if the cybercrime ecosystem wasn't already damaging enough, security researchers have discovered a malicious traffic broker named VexTrio, which affiliates hire to route victims to their malicious content that is often disguised via fake dating site profiles, tech support or browser updates.
Prosecutors trying the case of a Finnish national accused of attempting to extort tens of thousands of psychotherapy patients and of later posting therapy notes online said Monday that they have traced the cryptocurrency wallet used by the blackmailer to the accused man.
A dedicated cybercrime unit under the French National Police is set to scale up operations ahead of the upcoming Olympics as authorities warn that cyberattacks are among the greatest threats to the event. Authorities on Friday unveiled the unit's new headquarters in Parisian suburb Nanterre.
Non-bank mortgage lending giant LoanDepot says hackers stole "sensitive personal information" pertaining to 16.6 million customers when they breached its systems earlier this month as part of a ransomware attack. The company said it will directly notify all affected customers.
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