Massachusetts' Wakefield Public Schools announced that the PowerSchools hack not only exposed 1,384 current and former students' medical information but also special education plans and custody alerts, including restraining orders and legal details, belonging to 708 and 31 current and former pupils, respectively.
After infiltrating the SEC's X account via SIM swapping conducted with the help of his co-conspirators, Council proceeded to post fraudulent information regarding the planned approval of cryptocurrency-containing exchange-traded funds, which resulted in a Bitcoin price spike, according to the Justice Department.
Purportedly included in the exfiltrated information were officers' personal details and photos, gun licenses, email addresses, suspects' and criminals' personal data, sex offender employment permit details, and other classified documents, according to Handala, which also alleged the compromise of Israeli Ministry of National Security servers.
Infiltration of rural hospital's systems led to the theft of individuals' names, birthdates, Social Security numbers, health insurance details, and medical history and treatment data, said Memorial Hospital & Manor in a filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General.
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Cyber events have been categorized on a 1 to 5 scale, with attacks impacting at least 136,000 organizations in the UK and leading to financial losses of at least £5 billion meriting a category-five classification, according to CMC.
Attackers who breached HSHS' systems from Aug. 16 to Aug. 27, 2023, were able to exfiltrate varying types of data from individuals, including a combination of names, birthdates, addresses, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance details, and treatment information, said the health system.
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