Phishing Attack Against Baystate Health Who: Baystate Health of Springfield # of Accounts Breached: About 12,000 patients What happened: A phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of several employees When it happened: Between Feb. 7 and...
Cyber Hackers Attempted to Break Into Lawmakers Computer Network Who: Parliament House (Australia) # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined What happened: Hackers attempted to break into its computer network, which includes lawmakers’ email archives When it happened:...
MongoDB database Leaks Business Intelligence Data Who: Verifications.io Website When: 7 Mar 2019 # of records involved: 809 million records What happened: Security researchers Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered an unprotected, publicly accessible MongoDB...
Windows 10 Meltdown Patch Has ‘Fatal Flaw,’ Update Now Who: University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital # of Accounts Breached: About 840 patients What was affected: An employee emailed a message to a group of patients, inadvertently...
Connected CounterTop Garden E-Commerce Site Hacked Who: AeroGrow # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined What was affected: Credit card number, expiration date, and card verification value — also known as a security code When it happened: Between October 29, 2018, and...
Website of Bangladesh Oil Hacked, Twice Who: Bangladesh Oil, Gas and Mineral Corporation (Petrobangla) # of Accounts Breached: What was affected: Petrobangla’s website When it happened: April 7, 2019 How it happened: In the latest hacking incident, hackers using the...
Community Housing Agency Breached Files Revealed as Part of Manslaughter Trial Who: Unity Housing # of Accounts Breached: 6,385 files What was affected: 6,385 files — including housing agency documents, Bedard’s own cover letter and resumé, and a copy of the...
Democrat Senator Office Computers Breached by Keylogging Device Who: New Hampshire Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined – Six Staff Computers What was affected: – dozens of usernames and passwords belonging to Senate...
City of Tallahassee Payroll Affected By Hack On Out-of-State, Third-Party Vendor Payroll Service Who: City of Tallahassee # of Accounts Breached: undetermined What was affected: $498,000 payroll money When it happened: April 3, 2019 How it happened: Almost half a...
Confidential Information Accidently Released by Maine Hospital Who: Acadia Hospital # of Records/People Affected: 300 Patients When: 18 April 2019 What happened: A communications official at Northern Light Acadia Hospital in Bangor mistakenly emailed the confidential...