Comments

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge When visiting The Internet Archive (www.archive.org) on Wednesday afternoon, The Verge was greeted by a pop-up claiming the site had been hacked.Here's what the popup said:

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Early this morning, I received an email from The Internet Archive Team," replying to a message I'd sent on October 9th. Except its author doesn't seem to have been the digital archivists' support team - it was apparently written by the hackers who breached the site earlier this month and who evidently maintain some level of access to its systems.I'm not alone. Users on the Internet Archive subreddit are reporting getting the replies, as well. Here is the message I received:

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Insurance company UnitedHealth Group is confirming a ransomware attack earlier this year affected the private data of over 100 million people. The number was published in the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Report on Thursday, making it the largest healthcare data breach on the list.Hacker group Blackcat, also known as ALPHV, claimed responsibility for the February attack on Change Healthcare that caused widespread disruptions for healthcare providers processing bills, claims, payroll, and prescriptions for weeks.According to the HHS FAQs page, Change Healthcare told OCR on October 22nd that it's sent people about 100 million individual notices regarding this breach.Stolen information... Continue reading...