Breach

In a March 28 filing, a D.C. Circuit Court judge refused to join three data breach lawsuits against CareFirst into a class action.

Major Australian financial services firm Latitude Financial Services has issued an updated breach notification warning noting that 14 million customers in Australia and New Zealand had their data compromised as a result of a cyberattack, significantly higher than the 328,000 individuals initially reported to have been impacted by the data breach, BleepingComputer reports.

Pennsylvania-based debt purchasing firm NCB Management Services has disclosed being impacted by a cyberattack last month, compromising sensitive financial data from 494,969 individuals, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Major U.S. telecommunications company Lumen Technologies has disclosed having recently been impacted by two cyberattacks, one of which is a ransomware incident, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Five Louisiana state colleges and universities including the University of New Orleans, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Southern University at Shreveport, River Parishes Community College, and Nunez Community College moved to shut down their networks on Friday following the Louisiana State Police's discovery of indicators of compromise in their systems, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

The action is related to a 2021 ransomware attack on legal firm Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach (HPMB) that exploited months-old Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities compromised the private data of nearly 115,000 hospital patients, including names, dates of birth, social security numbers, and health information. 

Wisconsin's state court system had its computer network disrupted by a distributed denial-of-service attack, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.