Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Cybercrime Gang Allegedly Stole 4.7 Terabytes of Data, Affecting 2.5MNorton Healthcare, which operates nine hospitals and other care facilities in Kentucky and Indiana, has agreed to pay $11 million to settle class action litigation stemming from a 2023 data theft attack by ransomware-as-a-service gang Alphv/BlackCat that affected nearly 2.5 million people.

Henry Schein has finally disclosed a data breach following at least two back-to-back cyberattacks in 2023 by the BlackCat Ransomware gang, revealing that over 160,000 people had their personal information stolen. [...]

Lehigh Valley Health Network Will Pay 134,000 Victims of Ransomware Attack and LeakA Pennsylvania-based healthcare system that was hacked by ransomware group BlackCat in 2023 and extorted over stolen exam photos of breast cancer patients posted to a data leak site has agreed to pay $65 million under a proposed settlement of a lawsuit affecting 134,000 patients and employees.

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UnitedHealth confirms that Change Healthcare's network was breached by the BlackCat ransomware gang, who used stolen credentials to log into the company's Citrix remote access service, which did not have multi-factor authentication enabled. [...]

RansomHub Claims It Has 4TBs of Data Stolen by BlackCat in Change Healthcare AttackA second cybercriminal gang - RansomHub - is trying to shake down Change Healthcare's parent company, UnitedHealth Group, and have it pay another ransom for data that an affiliate of ransomware-as-a-service group BlackCat claims to have stolen in February. Is this the latest ruse in a messy attack?

RansomHub, which is speculated to have some connection to ALPHV, has stolen 4TB of sensitive data from the beleaguered healthcare company.

INC Ransom emerges as a growing threat as some ex-LockBit/ALPHV affiliates get new gigs Leicester City Council is finally admitting its "cyber incident" was carried out by a ransomware gang and that data was stolen, hours after the criminals forced its hand.…

Services slowly coming back online but providers still struggling Change Healthcare is being investigated over the alleged 6 TB data theft by the ALPHV ransomware group as it continues recovery efforts.…

Brags it lifted 6TB of data, but let's remember these people are criminals and not worthy of much trust The ALPHV/BlackCat cybercrime gang has taken credit – if that's the word – for a ransomware infection at Change Healthcare that has disrupted thousands of pharmacies and hospitals across the US, and also claimed that the amount of sensitive data stolen and affected health-care organizations is much larger than the victims initially disclosed.…

Trans-Northern Pipelines (TNPI) has confirmed its internal network was breached in November 2023 and that it's now investigating claims of data theft made by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware gang. [...]

Gang going after critical infrastructure because it's...you know Canada's Trans-Northern Pipelines has allegedly been breached by the ALPHV/BlackCat ransomware crew, which claims to have stolen 190 GB of data from the oil distributor.…

Alphv/BlackCat Claimed Responsibility for May AttackA Kentucky-based hospital chain is notifying millions of individuals that their information was potentially exfiltrated in a May attack. Russian-speaking ransomware-as-a-service group Alphv/BlackCat - which is currently reportedly undergoing its own disruptions - took credit for the data theft.

AlphV lays claims to the intrusion Norton Healthcare, which runs eight hospitals and more than 30 clinics in Kentucky and Indiana, has admitted crooks may have stolen 2.5 million people's most sensitive data during a ransomware attack in May.…

IT services and business consulting company HTC Global Services has confirmed that they suffered a cyberattack after the ALPHV ransomware gang began leaking screenshots of stolen data. [...]

Tipalti says they are investigating claims that the ALPHV ransomware gang breached its network and stole 256 GB of data, including data for Roblox and Twitch. [...]

Tipalti says they are investigating claims that the ALPHV ransomware gang breached its network and stole 256 GB of data, including data for Roblox and Twitch. [...]

Ransomware Group Says MeridianLink Didn't Tell SEC About Cyberattack Within 4 DaysThe BlackCat ransomware group tattled to U.S. federal regulators about an alleged victim not disclosing a material cyberattack within four business days. The group, also known as Alphv, listed MeridianLink on its data leak site and threatened to leak stolen data.

Ransomware Group Says MeridianLink Didn't Tell SEC About Cyberattack Within 4 DaysThe BlackCat ransomware group tattled to U.S. federal regulators about an alleged victim not disclosing a material cyberattack within four business days. The group, also known as Alphv, listed MeridianLink on its data leak site and threatened to leak stolen data.

Michigan Healthcare Provider Faces 7 Federal Lawsuits in Alphv/BlackCat Data TheftMcLaren Health Care is notifying nearly 2.2 million people of a data breach weeks after ransomware group Alphv/BlackCat claimed to have stolen 6 terabytes of patient records in a recent attack. In the meantime, the number of lawsuits filed against McLaren related to the incident continues to climb.