Giles Bruce reports: A data breach involving healthcare AI company Xsolis has ensnared at least nine health systems and 1.4 million patients. Xsolis, which provides utilization management and care coordination technology for health systems, reported the targeted phishing attack June 5, noting that on Jan. 20 an unauthorized person accessed portions of the company’s IT…
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Hackers hit UNM hospital, then apologize and offer patients $2,500. In a new statement, they reveal more about the incident.
In more than 20 years of blogging about breaches, DataBreaches has never seen ransomware threat actors offer monetary compensation to patients affected by their attack. We have seen threat actors regret hitting a hospital or a facility providing direct patient care and then offer them a free decryptor and drop the ransom demands, but this…
HHS’ Office for Civil Rights Settles Ransomware Investigation of Lehigh Valley Health Network
DataBreaches.net previously covered the 2023 Lehigh Valley Health Network breach by AlphV (aka “BlackCat”). The breach garnered a lot of public attention when the threat actors crossed a line by posting nude pictures of patients on their leak site. In 2024, patients settled civil litigation for $65 million. Now HHS has settled its own charges…
CSX data breach exposes employee information
Jack Krumm reports: We’re learning more about a major data privacy breach and the tens of thousands of people nationwide who could be affected. CSX, one of the country’s largest transportation companies, experienced a cybersecurity attack that gave unauthorized parties access to information, including employee data such as Social Security numbers. The company says the…
CT: Killingly Public Schools – Notice of Data Incident
Killingly Public Schools (“KPS”), a school district located in Killingly, Connecticut, was the victim of a recent data privacy incident involving certain personally identifiable information (“PII”). What Happened: In October 2025, KPS detected a disruption to its computer network. Upon learning of the activity, KPS took immediate action to secure its systems which included taking…
Florida education department says data breach may affect 4.9 million people
Eric Weiss reports: The Florida Department of Education says a breach of its student financial aid website may have exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers, belonging to approximately 4.9 million people. The department said staff learned of unauthorized criminal access to the Florida Student Financial Aid website on Oct. 19. It activated cybersecurity response…