Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Diagnostics Lab Reported 10.3M Patients Affected by Collection Agency's HackMedical laboratory testing giant Labcorp has agreed to pay $35 million to settle class action litigation stemming from a 2018 hacking incident on now-defunct American Medical Collections Agency. Labcorp reported the vendor breach in 2019 as affecting nearly 10.3 million patients.

Novo Nordisk Breach Involved 'Copying' of Patient, Healthcare Provider InfoA hack on Danish pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk has compromised some patients' clinical trial information, the maker of popular weight loss and diabetes treatment drugs including Wegovy and Ozempic said. The company is working to bring affected IT systems back online.

Back-Office Servicer's Breach Estimate Has More Than Doubled Since FebruaryThe victim tally in back-office services firm Conduent Business Services' 2024 hack has more than doubled to over 62.2 million individuals, from an earlier estimate of "25 million plus." The incident is now on track to be at least the third-largest health data breach ever reported to regulators.

Calif. Lawsuit: Genetics Testing Firm Missed Red Flags Before Massive 2023 BreachHackers in 2023 went undetected for five months in genetics testing firm 23andMe's IT systems, despite multiple unheeded warning signs, alleges California's attorney general in a lawsuit. Hackers in late April 2023 began accessing 23andMe's systems by using compromised credentials.

Attackers Attempted to Reroute Hospital Medicaid ReimbursementsA hack on a Connecticut Medicaid web portal involving compromised credentials of a healthcare provider has affected the payment account and other information for about 22,500 patients. The data theft is the latest breach involving a healthcare related web portal hack. Why does this keep happening?

Breach Is Among Several Recent Major Incidents Involving Billing Software ProvidersA publicly traded cancer treatment firm notified investors that a yet-undisclosed number of patients' information was compromised in a 2025 cybersecurity incident involving a third-party billing software vendor. The Oncology Institute provides cancer treatment care to nearly 2 million patients.

Incident Involved an Unnamed Third-Party VendorNew York City's municipal healthcare system is notifying nearly 2 million patients of a hacking incident discovered earlier this year involving a third-party vendor. The breach compromised a long list of information, including biometric data such as fingerprints.

Also, YellowKey Bypasses BitLocker, Škoda Breach, Kingdom Market Operator JailedThis week, U.S. lawmakers urged action on AI, a BitLocker exploit. Škoda, Nvidia’s GeForce NOW partner and telehealth firm OpenLoop reported breaches. Patch Tuesday. A dark market operator sentenced and pro-Ukraine and Iranian-linked hacking. Nitrogen ransomware attack on Foxconn.

State Insurance Officials Seeking Details About Service Firm's Mega Data BreachMissouri regulators are widening their investigation into the 204 hacking incident at Conduent Business Services, alleging that the company has stonewalled the state's attempts to obtain information about the data breach, which is estimated to affect more than 25 million people nationwide.

Also, Taiwan Rail Hack, Massive DDoS Attack and Karakurt Jail SentenceThis week, Microsoft Edge exposed passwords, Taiwan police make arrests in high-speed rail hack and a 2.45 billion-request DDoS attack. A Karakurt negotiator jailed, North Korean IT worker scams led to prison terms and France detained a teen over a government data breach. Another Ivanti zero-day.

Also, Europol Cracks DDoS Networks, Mythos Finds Bugs, France Portal HitThis week, scam compounds. Attackers exploit flaws pre-disclosure. A crackdown on DDoS-for-hire. No Mythos for CISA, yes for Mozilla. France ID portal breach. Israeli and Venezuelan critical infrastructure targeted. Russian hacking in Ukraine. An Apache flaw. A ransomware negotiator aided BlackCat.

Also, Lloyds Data Leak, Dutch Treasury Breach, Citrix Bug Exploit, Pay2Key ActivityThis week, Lloyds data leak hits 450K, Dutch treasury breach, Citrix flaw exploited, Iran-linked ransomware ops, TrueConf zero-day, Russian fraud ring sentenced, Romania targeted, patch gaps persist, and U.S. hospital breach affects 257K.

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.

Incidents Are Unrelated, Says NYC Health + HospitalsHackers had access to New York City's municipal healthcare system for nearly three months before being detected, stealing data of an undisclosed number of patients. The incident is the second hacking-related data breach within weeks involving a third-party firm hired by NYC Health + Hospitals.

Tehran-Linked Handala Hackers Disrupt Medtech Giant Stryker, Claim Verifone BreachAs the United States and Israel continue their war with Iran, Tehran-linked hacking group Handala has entered the fray, claiming credit for wiping systems at medical technology firm Stryker, which confirmed the attack, as well as breaching payment device maker Verifone, which denied being breached.

HIPAA Settlement Small Compared to Many OthersU.S. federal regulators fined a dental practice software vendor with a seemingly lowball financial penalty for a high-stakes 2020 hack affecting 15 million individuals that the company failed to report. Maryland-based MMG Fusion agreed to $10,000.

State Officials Investigating Breach of Back-Office Services Provider Found in 2025The victim count in the 2024 hack on back-office support services vendor Conduent Business Services has just ballooned again, with the Xerox-spinoff now reporting to Wisconsin regulators that the incident affected "25 million-plus" people nationwide.

Will the Back-Office Services' Firm Incident Shatter US Data Breach Records?The Texas attorney general office has launched an investigation into the Conduent Business Services hacking incident, which affected about 15.5 million Texans, including about 4 million Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas members. Will the nationwide victim tally shatter data breach records in the U.S.?

Also: Spanish Hacker Granted Russian Asylum, Microsoft Patches Zero-DaysThis week, a CISA warning, Nest footage in Nancy Guthrie case, Signal phishing. Spanish hacker, Russian asylum. Spanish ministry services offline. BYOVD ransomware. The Conduent breach hit Volvo. Microsoft patched zero-days. ZeroDayRAT targeted devices. The SmarterMail breach. Another Fortinet flaw.

Comstar Paid Feds $75K Last Year to Settle HIPAA Allegations in Same 2022 BreachAn ambulance billing and collections firm has agreed to pay $515,000 to Massachusetts and Connecticut regulators and implement a prescriptive information security program in the aftermath of a 2022 hacking incident affecting the sensitive information of nearly 350,000 residents in those states.