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MOVEit hack claims Calpers and Genworth as millions more victims impacted, ET Telecom

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The number of victims of the MOVEit hack grew by several million on Thursday after the biggest U.S. pension fund, Calpers, and insurer Genworth Financial said personal information of their members and customers had been compromised.

Both said a third-party vendor, PBI Research Services, was affected in a data theft hack, providing a path for the hackers to then steal data from Calpers and Genworth. PBI could not be reached for comment.

Calpers said on June 6, 2023, PBI told them of a “vulnerability” in their MOVEit Transfer software that allowed hackers to download “our data” without specifying how many people were impacted. News reports said information from more than 700,000 Calpers members and retirees was taken.

The MOVEit software is widely-used by organisations around the world to share sensitive data.

Genworth Financial was harder hit, saying personal information of nearly 2.5 million to 2.7 million of its customers was breached.

“The personal information of a significant number of insurance policyholders or other customers of its life insurance businesses was unlawfully accessed,” Genworth said.

From U.S. government departments to the UK’s telecom regulator and energy giant Shell, a range of victims have emerged since Burlington, Massachusetts-based Progress Software found the security flaw in its MOVEit Transfer product last month.

The insurer said it is working to ensure “protection services” are provided to the impacted individuals, according to a regulatory filing.

Data taken from Calpers included members’ first and last name, date of birth and social security number. It serves more than 2 million members in its retirement system.

The MOVEit hack has hit several state and federal agencies. Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy got ransom requests from the Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p at both its nuclear waste facility and scientific education facility that were recently hit in a global hacking campaign.

Data was compromised at the two DOE entities after hackers breached their systems through a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer.

The wide-ranging impact of the hack shows how even the most security-minded federal…

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Harvard Pilgrim ransomware attack impacted 2.5M people

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Recent filing with New Hampshire DHHS reveals Harvard Pilgrim ransomware attack impacted 2.5M people


Harvard Pilgrim has revealed that April’s ransomware attack impacted more than 2.5 million people.In a recent filing with the Department of Health and Human Services, Harvard Pilgrim said information like social security numbers and medical histories may have been stolen when data was copied from its system between March and April of this year.The health insurance company said it’s not aware of the data being misused at this point, but it is notifying those who are affected.According to the company’s website, the people impacted include some former and current members who had plans with Harvard Pilgrim between March 2012 and April 2023.

Harvard Pilgrim has revealed that April’s ransomware attack impacted more than 2.5 million people.

In a recent filing with the Department of Health and Human Services, Harvard Pilgrim said information like social security numbers and medical histories may have been stolen when data was copied from its system between March and April of this year.

The health insurance company said it’s not aware of the data being misused at this point, but it is notifying those who are affected.

According to the company’s website, the people impacted include some former and current members who had plans with Harvard Pilgrim between March 2012 and April 2023.

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Recent filing with NH DHHS reveals Harvard Pilgrim ransomware attack impacted 2.5M people

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Harvard Pilgrim has revealed that April’s ransomware attack impacted more than 2.5 million people. Yahoo! US; Politics; World; COVID-19; Climate Change; Health; Science; Origina …

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Dallas is still under a ransomware attack. Here’s what’s impacted

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Early last month, the city of Dallas was hit with a ransomware attack by the hacker group Royal, which impacted a number of its websites.

The city’s online services were down for several days following the May 3 cyberattack.

Dallas Chief Information Officer William Zielinski told a city council committee at the time that the attack affected systems throughout the city’s network.

Here’s what we know was impacted by the ransomware attack:

  • Dallas Police Department, Dallas Fire-Rescue, 911 and 311: The outages impacted DPD’s computer-assisted dispatch system, known as CAD. Dispatch call takers had to manually write down instructions for officers in the field and officers were only able to respond through their phones and radios. According to city spokesperson Catherine Cuellar, those systems were brought back online May 6 and emergency dispatch has stayed in operation since. 
  • Dallas Water Utilities: The attack knocked out the online payment system for Dallas Water Utilities, as well as meter-reading software. Those have since come back online. 
  • Dallas Municipal Court: The court was closed for the majority of the month after the cyberattack. There were no hearings, trials or jury duty during that time, and the city could not accept nearly any form of citation payments. Dallas residents were still able to mail important documents to the court, but wasn’t able to process them until the court reopened on Tuesday. All hearings that were scheduled since May 3 will be rescheduled and new court dates mailed out now that services are restored. 
  • Dallas Public Library: The library’s reservation system has not been brought back online yet. Staff are still manually tracking the availability of borrowed items. Residents can still check those items out, but are being advised not to return them until the system is fully functional again.

The city says it’s been working with federal and state law enforcement to investigate the ransomware attack.
Meanwhile, city spokesperson Catherine Cuellar says workarounds remain in place as officials continue to restore public safety and public-facing services.

“Serving our residents remains a top priority, and while we…

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