University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB Medical)
October 4, 2019
•[ phishing, healthcare ]
UAB Medical is hit by a phishing attack occurred on August 7th, 2019, which targeted the payroll department. The attackers gained access to numerous employee emails containing the health information for 19,557 patients.
Goshen Health
October 3, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Goshen Health notifies potentially affected patients that an unauthorized third party may have potentially accessed two employees' email accounts from approximately August 2, 2018 to August 13, 2018.
Tukwila School District
October 2, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
The Tukwila School District is the victim of a "phishing scam".
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center
September 27, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Cancer Treatment Centers of America at Southeastern Regional Medical Center notifies of a phishing incident, potentially impacting 4,559 patients.
Magellan Health
September 17, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
Magellan Health issues a statement saying two of its subsidiaries - National Imaging Associates and Magellan Healthcare - "discovered a potential data breach related to a phishing attack.
Kent State University
September 17, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
Kent State University announces over 3,000 student emails has been hacked the week before, as a result of credential harvesting.
Users of Venmo mobile payment service
September 15, 2019
•[ social, phishing, finance ]
The Dighton Police Department warns of a wave of phishing scams targeting users of Venmo mobile payment service with text messages that direct to a fake website.
The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site
September 14, 2019
•[ social, phishing, technology ]
The Guardian's SecureDrop whistleblower submission site is targeted with a phishing page that attempts to harvest the unique "codenames" for sources who submitted information using the service.
Toyota Boshoku Corporation
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
Toyota Boshoku Corporation announces that one of its European subsidiaries lost more than $37 million due to a business email compromise (BEC) attack.
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency
September 6, 2019
•[ financial, hack, phishing ]
Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS) Agency reveals that cyber-thieves made off with $4.2 million. The theft occurred on August 26, 2019, when the perpetrators managed to hack into the email account of an investment manager.
City of Unalaska
September 5, 2019
•[ financial, social, phishing ]
The City of Unalaska recovers more than $2.3 million dollars, after wiring $2,985,406.10 to a fraudulent bank account as a result of a phishing email scam between May 15 and July 9.
Meridian Community College
September 5, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
Meridian Community College notifies a phishing incident occurred in January.
UC Health
September 4, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
UC Health discloses that it is investigating a recent email phishing incident that may have involved patient information. Some e-mail accounts were accessed between July 6, 2019 and July 12, 2019.
University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
Oregon Judicial Department
August 30, 2019
•[ social, phishing, government ]
A phishing scheme succeeds in breaking into the email accounts of five Oregon Judicial Department employees, exposing personal information of more than 6,000 people.
Capital & Coast DHB
August 27, 2019
•[ social, phishing, healthcare ]
A Capital & Coast DHB staff member falls victim to an email phishing scam which took thousands of emails from their address.
Lyons Companies
August 23, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, manufacturing ]
Lyons Companies announces that two employee email accounts were accessed without authorization between February 4 and March 12, 2019.
Alberta Health Services
August 22, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, healthcare ]
Alberta Health Services warns 7,000 patients their personal health information is compromised in an email hack.
City of Saskatoon
August 20, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A scammer is able to successfully fool the City of Saskatoon into transferring them a little over $1 million. Part of the money is recovered though.
Portland Public Schools
August 19, 2019
•[ social, financial, phishing ]
The Portland Public Schools district falls victim of a BEC scam costing around $2.9 million (but manages to recover the stolen amount).
