Comparitech is reporting that Sermo, a social network for doctors, yesterday confirmed it notified 2,674 people of a March 2024 data breach that leaked Social Security numbers.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research, commented:
“There are two concerning elements to this breach — first, the lengthy delay in notifying those involved in the initial breach from March 2024, and second, the fact that another ransomware gang claimed an attack on the organization nearly a year later. Medusa, the gang behind the second claim, isn’t known for making false claims, so we could likely see a further notification for this attack if users’ or employees’ data was breached.
I would highly recommend that any user or employee of Sermo, whether they’re part of the 2024 breach or not, be on high alert for any suspicious activity (checking back through historic activity and monitoring things going forward) and take up some form of identity theft protection/monitoring.”
Well this sucks because it took a real long time for this to come to light. Nothing good will happen because of that. Let that be a lesson those in a similar position.
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Social network for doctors Sermo breached by ransomware attack
Comparitech is reporting that Sermo, a social network for doctors, yesterday confirmed it notified 2,674 people of a March 2024 data breach that leaked Social Security numbers.
Rebecca Moody, Head of Data Research, commented:
“There are two concerning elements to this breach — first, the lengthy delay in notifying those involved in the initial breach from March 2024, and second, the fact that another ransomware gang claimed an attack on the organization nearly a year later. Medusa, the gang behind the second claim, isn’t known for making false claims, so we could likely see a further notification for this attack if users’ or employees’ data was breached.
I would highly recommend that any user or employee of Sermo, whether they’re part of the 2024 breach or not, be on high alert for any suspicious activity (checking back through historic activity and monitoring things going forward) and take up some form of identity theft protection/monitoring.”
Well this sucks because it took a real long time for this to come to light. Nothing good will happen because of that. Let that be a lesson those in a similar position.
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