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HIPAA Journal / BleepingComputer / SEC 8-K filing

πŸ“… 2023-05-27 🏒 Progress Software MOVEit Transfer / Maximus government services 🦠 LEMURLOOT web shell πŸ”Ž CVE-2023-34362
Primary Source β†—

Incident Details

Maximus Inc. (US government contractor managing Medicare, Medicaid, student loan programs) was the largest single victim of Cl0p’s MOVEit campaign. SEC 8-K filed July 26 2023 disclosing 8-11M individuals’ PHI exposed. $15M remediation expenses recorded Q2 2023. Data included SSNs, PHI used for government program eligibility. CMS reported 2.34M Medicare beneficiaries affected. Maximus holds contracts with HHS, DOE, DOL. Class action litigation filed.

Technical Details

Initial Attack Vector
CWE-89: SQL Injection in MOVEit Transfer web application (zero-day)
Vendor / Product
Progress Software MOVEit Transfer / Maximus government services
Software Package
MOVEit Transfer
Malware Family
LEMURLOOT web shell
CVE / GHSA References
CVE-2023-34362
Supply Chain Attack
βœ… Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise

Timeline

  1. 2023-05-27 Breach occurred
  2. 2023-07-26 Publicly disclosed
  3. 2023-08-01 Customers notified