Showing posts with label Cyber attack. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cyber attack. Show all posts

Apr 4, 2024

Federal employee insurance impeded by sweeping healthcare cyberattack


Federal employee insurance impeded by sweeping healthcare cyberattack


'...Federal employees, retirees and dependants covered by GEHA health care are still experiencing service outages as the company is working to restore claims processing and repayment systems after a cyber attack breached the healthcare industry in February. GEHA, a popular Federal Employees Health Benefit plan that covers some 2 million beneficiaries, has some of its services provided by Change Healthcare, the target of the attack by a ransomware hacker group, ALPHV, or Blackcat. UnitedHealth Group, Inc., is the parent company. ...'


Reference: www.federaltimes.com
Tags: Healthcare cyberattack, GEHA, Change Healthcare,FEHB,Cyber attack,2024,


Nov 7, 2016

Cybersecurity threat to Election Day is slim, experts say


Cybersecurity threat to Election Day is slim, experts say


'...Cyber security experts say the threat to Tuesday's election by some malign state actor or rogue hacker changing the actual vote count is probably slim, given that the U.S. voting system is fragmented and decentralized. The state by state, district by district and polling place by polling place network provides an inherent safeguard – one that is augmented by the fact that widely used electronic voting machines are not connected to the internet...'


Reference: www.foxnews.com
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Jun 17, 2015

OPM Data Breach News Just Keeps Getting Worse


OPM Data Breach News Just Keeps Getting Worse


'...The Office of Personnel Management may have suffered more breaches and lost more information than it previously acknowledged...'


Reference: www.eweek.com
Tags: OPM Data Breach

May 27, 2012

TSP hit by sophisticated cyber attack - personal information stolen


Hackers hit Thrift Savings Plan


'...A cyber attack has potentially stolen the personal information of as many as 123,000 government employee Thrift Savings Plan participants, according to Reston-based Serco Inc., which supports the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board....'


Reference: www.bizjournals.com
Tags: TSP, Cyber attack,