This Valentine’s Day, love is in the air…. and so is cybercrime. Here’s your recap of some of this week’s cybersecurity news headlines!
Dozens of newspapers and media outlets throughout the United States owned by Lee Enterprises experienced disruptions after a cyberattack on the company’s systems.
Not many details are known about this attack aside from the fact that an investigation is being launched into the incident to find what information, if any, has been compromised. Several news outlets affected by the attack reported disruptions ranging from smaller newspaper editions to being unable to build and publish new pages.
(–Source: TechCrunch on MSN
Read More: Media giant Lee Enterprises confirms cyberattack as news outlets report ongoing disruption )
VPNs, gateways, security devices, and other similar items are currently being targeted in a huge brute-force attack using 2.8 million IP addresses in an attempt to guess passwords for these devices.
(–Source: TechRadar
Read More: Huge cyber attack under way – 2.8 million IPs being used to target VPN devices | TechRadar )
A North Carolina based radiology practice, Pinehurst Radiology Associates, has announced that they will be closing “for the foreseeable future” after a cyberattack on its network has registered the practice unable to schedule patients for services due to the systems being offline.
Federal, state, and local law enforcement are looking into the matter as a full investigation has been launched into the incident.
(–Source: Radiology Business
Read More: Cyberattack forces radiology practice to close ‘for the foreseeable future’ )
A 2023 data breach that affected TD Bank is now being faced with a $5 million+ class-action lawsuit for the incident. The bank reportedly knew of the incident “for some time” before alerting customers.
Affected individuals are still unsure what data was stolen and what steps, if any, are being taken to secure customer information, but it is known that Social Security and account numbers were compromised in the breach. In an email sent to customers, it was stated that a TD Bank employee accessing and potentially selling customer information to an unauthorized third party is believed to be the cause of the incident. The class-action lawsuit against TD Bank claims that the bank failed to protect customers from a “massive and preventable” breach.
(–Source: Courier-Post (Cherry Hill, NJ) on MSN
Read More: TD Bank data breach: Suit seeks $5M after customer info was leaked. )
On February 12th, Spectrum Medical Imaging, based in Sydney, Australia, patients began receiving text notifications about a cybersecurity incident that occurred in January involving a third-party gaining access to its systems and compromising patient data. The stolen sensitive information includes names, birthdates, contact and health information.
The third-party appears to have been successfully removed from the system and an investigation has been launched to ensure system security.
(–Source: Cyberdaily.au
Read More: Exclusive: Spectrum Medical Imaging warns patients medical data exposed following ransomware attack – Cyber Daily )
In April of 2024, the Watergate hotel noticed suspicious activity within its network and discovered that hackers had gained access to hotel computers, giving them access to files affecting around 2,200 people. Affected personal information includes names, financial information including account info and credit card numbers, health and medical insurance information, and Social Security and other government ID numbers. Affected individuals have recently been notified online and through mail.
(–Source: Washington Times
Read More: Hackers broke into Watergate Hotel’s network, stole personal data from hotel computers – Washington Times )
Nearly all computer systems of The Virginia Attorney General’s office went offline after the office fell victim to a cyberattack. Law enforcement including the Virginia State Police have launched an investigation into the attack.
(–Source: The Associated Press on MSN
Read More: Virginia Attorney General’s office struck by cyberattack targeting attorneys’ computer systems )
