Latest cybersecurity reporting from selected sources.

Ransomware Gang Everest Claims It Has Leaked All Stolen DataA revenue cycle management software firm is notifying an undisclosed number of patients of several medical diagnostic labs that their sensitive information, including diagnoses and treatments, was stolen in a November hack. Ransomware gang Everest Group claims it has leaked all the data.

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.

2023 Incident Affected More Than 650,000 Patients, EmployeesAn upstate New York orthopedic practice has agreed to pay state regulators a $500,000 settlement and implement stronger security practices following a 2023 hack involving the theft of 650,000 individuals' sensitive information. Cybercrime group INC Ransom reportedly claimed credit for the incident.

U.S. prosecutors have charged two Virginia brothers arrested on Wednesday with allegedly conspiring to steal sensitive information and destroy government databases after being fired from their jobs as federal contractors. [...]

2023 Data Theft Affected Nearly 887,000 PatientsA radiology practice that has been serving patients in North Carolina for about 70 years agreed to pay more than $3.4 million to settle proposed class action litigation filed in the wake of a 2023 hacking incident that compromised the sensitive information of nearly 887,000 individuals.

At one point, Al-Tahery Al-Mashriky was hacking thousands of websites within the span of three months while stealing personal data and sensitive information.

The French police have reportedly arrested five operators of the BreachForum cybercrime forum, a website used by cybercriminals to leak and sell stolen data that exposed the sensitive information of millions. [...]

Firm Failed to Close Outdated User Account, Waited 43 Days to Notify RegulatorsThe U.K. Information Commissioner's Office imposed a fine of 60,000 pounds against Liverpool-based law firm DDP Law for GDPR violations relating to a 2022 ransomware hack and data leak that exposed sensitive information including the details of its clients' cases.

Colorado Laboratory Already Facing Several Proposed Class Action Breach LawsuitsA Colorado-based pathology laboratory is notifying more than 1.8 million patients that their sensitive information was compromised in an April hack, one of the largest breaches reported by a medical testing lab to U.S. federal regulators to date. Ransomware gang Medusa is blamed for the attack.

Cybercriminal Group Claims to Have Published 100 Gigabytes of Agency's Stolen DataTwo months after RansomHub claimed to have published 100GBs of its stolen data on the dark web, the Florida Department of Health is notifying citizens that their sensitive information has been compromised. The attack affected the vital statistics system used to issue birth and death certificates.

Why Did it Take So Long to Notify Regulators and Affected Patients?A small rural Alabama hospital is notifying more than 61,000 patients that their sensitive information was potentially compromised in an October 2023 hacking incident. Why the many months-long delay in notifying regulators and affected individuals?

It's the Latest Hack Reported in Recent Weeks by an Ambulance Services ProviderAn Illinois-based air-ground ambulance company is notifying more than 858,000 individuals that their sensitive information was compromised in a hacking incident that happened about a year ago. The breach is the latest hack on an ambulance company reported to regulators in recent weeks.

Up to 270,000 Defense Staff Across the UK Affected by HackSensitive information of thousands of U.K. defense personnel was exposed to hackers after a threat actor with suspected ties to the Chinese government compromised the networks of a defense contractor. The data may not have been stolen, a government official said.

At Least 33 Ernest Health Facilities in 12 States Are Reporting BreachesA Texas-based operator of rehabilitation hospitals is facing multiple federal proposed class action lawsuits in the wake of an apparent ransomware attack that affected dozens of its facilities in several states, potentially compromising the sensitive information of more than 101,000 individuals.

Oklahoma Integris Health Facing Multiple Lawsuits in 2023 BreachAn Oklahoma-based healthcare system is notifying 2.4 million individuals that their sensitive information was potentially compromised in an exfiltration incident last year. Cybercriminals have been attempting to extort ransom payments directly from some of those affected patients - including kids.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is investigating a potential new breach after a threat actor put allegedly stolen data up for sale on a hacking forum, claiming it contains HPE credentials and other sensitive information. [...]

Comcast Cable Communications, doing business as Xfinity, disclosed on Monday that attackers who breached one of its Citrix servers in October also stole customer-sensitive information from its systems. [...]

Northwell Health Among Perry Johnson & Associates' Healthcare Clients AffectedThe number of healthcare organizations and patients affected by a recent data theft at medical transcription firm Perry Johnson & Associates is expanding: The company now says the breach affected the sensitive information of about 9 million people.

6 Data Breach Have Been Filed Against the Company in the Past WeekA virtual pharmacy and mail-order prescription drug firm is notifying about 2.36 million patients of a hacking incident that compromised their sensitive information. In the past week, attorneys have filed at least six proposed federal class action lawsuits related to the breach.

Hackers breached Aon systems for well over a year