Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

CareCloud: Intruder Accessed Systems for 8 Hours, Still Assessing Extent of BreachElectronic health records vendor CareCloud has notified the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of a cyber incident earlier this month that temporarily disrupted the software and accessed one of its EHR environments. The company is assessing whether patient data was accessed or stolen.

AGs Cite Security Failures Leading to Illuminate Education's Late 2021 Data TheftA California-based vendor of software used to collect and analyze student data, including records of children with disabilities and special educational needs, has been fined a total of $5.1 million by the attorneys general in three states in the wake of a 2021 hack that affected 3 million people.

Crime Gang 'Underground' Claimed Data Theft From Healthcare Services GroupA publicly traded Pennsylvania-based firm that provides dining, housekeeping and laundry services to long-term care and skilled nursing facilities is notifying nearly 624,500 people of a 2024 hacking incident that took nearly nine months for the company to investigate.

Financially Strapped Cloud Services Firm Settles Suit From 2020 Patient Data HackA financially strapped cloud services vendor that experienced a 2020 ransomware attack affecting dozens of healthcare sector clients and hundreds of thousands of patients has agreed to a $1.9 million settlement in proposed class action litigation involving the data theft case.

Vendor Providing Employee Screenings Across Multiple Sectors Reports Cyber IncidentDISA Global Solutions, a third-party administrator of background checks and drug and alcohol testing for employers in multiple industries, said 3.3 million individuals are affected by a data theft incident that happened a year ago. The firm is already facing several lawsuits involving the breach.

7 Proposed Class Actions Filed Against Allegheny Health Network and IntraSystemsA Pittsburgh-based healthcare system and its Massachusetts-based IT services firm are facing at least seven proposed federal class action lawsuits involving a data theft - reported on Jan. 17 - affecting about 293,000 people. The hack is the latest major breach involving a business associate.

Brain Cipher Gang Claims Credit for Hit on State of Rhode Island's Vendor DeloittePotentially hundreds of thousands of Rhode Islanders are affected by an attack on RIBridges, the state's IT system for health and human service benefits, including Medicaid. Cybercriminal group Brain Cipher claims to have stolen 1 terabyte of data from Deloitte, which manages the RIBridges system.

Amazon confirmed a data breach involving employee information after data allegedly stolen during the May 2023 MOVEit attacks was leaked on a hacking forum. [...]

Tennessee-Based Specialty Networks Incident Is Latest Attack on Business AssociatesA vendor that provides information systems and transcription services to radiology practices is alerting 411,037 people of a hack discovered last December involving the theft of sensitive data. The firm already faces at least four proposed federal class action lawsuits related to the hack.

Acer Philippines confirmed that employee data was stolen in an attack on a third-party vendor who manages the company's employee attendance data after a threat actor leaked the data on a hacking forum. [...]

As Vendor Breaches Surge, Medical Practices Need 20/20 Visibility on Third PartiesAn Arizona firm that provides administrative services to a dozen ophthalmology practices in several states is notifying nearly 2.4 million patients of a data theft incident. The hack is among the latest recent major data breaches involving vendors of critical services to healthcare firms.

Concentra Health Services Joins List of Those Affected in Transcriber's Data BreachA 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.

The FanDuel sportsbook and betting site is warning customers that their names and email addresses were exposed in a January 2023 MailChimp security breach, urging users to remain vigilant against phishing emails. [...]