Another week is coming to an end, but there’s no end in sight for cybercrime. Here’s what happened this week:
Kelly & Associates Insurance Group suffered a data breach in December of last year in which hackers targeting the organization compromised the information of over 413,000 people in a 5-day period.
Information compromised in this attack includes, names, SSNs, birthdates, tax ID numbers, as well as health, financial, and medical information.
(– Source: SecurityWeek
Read More: Kelly Benefits Data Breach Impact Grows to 400,000 Individuals – SecurityWeek )
More than 5.5 million people have had their personal information compromised in a data breach of Yale New Haven Health, Connecticut’s largest healthcare system.
The attack occurred in early March and compromised a variety of patient personal information. Cybersecurity firm, Mandiant, is assisting with the ongoing investigation and notification letters have been sent out to affected individuals as of mid-April.
(–Source: FOX on MSN
Read More: 5.5 million patients’ information exposed by major healthcare data breach )
Modified encrypted messaging app, TeleMessage, was targeted by a hacker who extracted archived data from US government officials and businesses using the platform.
As soon as the incident was discovered, TeleMessage’s parent company temporarily suspended services and launched an investigation.
(–Source: TechCrunch
Read More: TeleMessage, a modified Signal clone used by US government officials, has been hacked )
Coweta County Schools in Georgia was hit with a “serious” cyberattack last Friday and is currently investigating the incident.
Immediately after discovering the attack, the district’s IT team took action and took systems offline to mitigate the attack. School operations are continuing as normal.
(–Source: WXIA-TV Atlanta on MSN
Read More: Coweta County Schools says it’s been subject of cyberattack, ‘some network processes will be hampered’ )
More than 47,000 students and teachers within Alvin Independent School District in Texas have had their personal information include names, SSNs, financial account and card numbers, medical information, and more compromised in a data breach last June.
Fog, a ransomware gang, claimed responsibility for stealing 60GB of data from the district. Information regarding this incident was posted on the Texas attorney general’s website earlier this month.
(–Source: Comparitech
Read More: Texas school district notifies 47K students and staff of data breach that leaked SSNs, credit cards, and more – Comparitech )
Ticket to Cash, a top platform for reselling event tickets has fallen victim to a data breach due to the company’s keeping of an unprotected database online.
The database has been secured following its discovery by a cybersecurity researcher.
(–Source: TechRadar
Read More: Top ticket resale platform hit by data breach – over 500,000 customer records leaked online | TechRadar )
