Your cybersecurity news recap for this week is here! Here’s what made headlines this week:
Medical non-profit, Laboratory Services Cooperative (LSC), suffered a major data breach that compromised personal information including medical information, health insurance information, payment details, and more, of an estimated 1.6 million people.
This incident affects patients of Planned Parenthood locations that use LSC’s lab testing services. This attack is being investigated and LSC is offering free credit monitoring and medical identity protection services to impacted patients.
(–Source: Mashable on MSN
Read More: Massive medical company data breach impacts millions )
Loretto Hospital in Chicago, IL detected suspicious activity within its computer network, leading to the discovery that a data breach had occurred earlier this year. This incident, which is estimated to have affected about 500 people, involved an unauthorized third-party gaining access to the hospital’s systems and copying files.
The hospital also discovered that some information put into their electronic medical record system was not saved over a period of 2 days in February, which was around the estimated time of the attack. Loretto Hospital suggests that patients be on alert for signs of identity theft.
(–Source: Fox 32 Chicago on Yahoo! News
Read More: Data breach at Chicago’s Loretto Hospital affects about 500 people )
Kidney dialysis company, DaVita, experienced a ransomware attack over this past weekend that encrypted some elements of the company’s network. Additional security measures have been put in place to allow for restoration, but the kidney-care company is currently unsure of the full impact and is working with cybersecurity professionals to investigate.
(–Source: The Wall Street Journal on MSN
Read More: DaVita Says Ransomware Attack Affecting Some Operations )
A vendor of The Hertz Corporation suffered a data breach late last year that may have leaked personal information belonging to Hertz customers.
Hertz did not experience any issues within its systems as the company’s customer data was accessed through a vendor, Cleo, used by the corporation. Compromised information may include Social Security numbers and credit card information.
(–Source: CNET on MSN
Read More: If You Were Impacted by the Hertz Data Breach Here’s What You Need to Do Now )
A ransomware attack on Landmark Admin in May 2024, in which data was “encrypted and exfiltrated” from the company’s systems, is now believed to have affected twice as many people as originally thought, now tallying up at an estimated 1.6 million+ victims.
Data stolen in this attack includes highly sensitive customer information including names, addresses, SSNs, tax identification numbers, driver’s license/other state-issued ID numbers, financial account information, and more. After the breach initially happened, Landmark offered credit monitoring, identity theft protection, and other identity theft recovery services to affected customers.
(–Source: TechRadar Pro on MSN
Read More: Over 1.6 million customers now hit in massive insurance data breach – how to check if you’re one of them )
Notorious hacking group, Anonymous, claimed responsibility for leaking “10TB of data on all businesses operating in Russia, all Kremlin assets in the West, pro-Russian officials, Donald Trump, and more” in a recent post on X (formerly Twitter.)
Aside from this post, no other updates or threats have been provided by the popular “hacktivism” group.
(–Source: The Times of India on MSN
Read More: Hacking group Anonymous claims massive cyberattack on Russia, releases 10TB leaked data )
Apple is urging users to update to iOS 18.4.1 if they haven’t already due to patches that fix two zero-day vulnerabilities that are being exploited by hackers.
The tech giant called this attack “extremely sophisticated” an revealed that the exploits affect Core Audio and Return Pointer Authentication Code. These vulnerabilities affect a number of Apple devices including, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, and more.
(–Source: Mashable on MSN
Read More: Update now: Apple issues emergency iPhone fix for zero-day vulnerabilities )
