⭕ A Night of Royals: Seabreeze High Prom Crowns Heggins and Ford

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Ormond Local Pulse
02 May

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A Night of Royals: Seabreeze High Prom Crowns Heggins and Ford

The Seabreeze High School prom was held at Daytona Beach's Hard Rock Hotel on April 20, where seniors Aiden Ford and Kalease Heggins were named prom king and queen. Heggins, who also won homecoming queen, celebrated her second royal title of the year. Ford joined her in the race, initially hesitant but motivated by her passion. Both students have been active in school activities, contributing significantly to the Seabreeze community. The prom courts for both juniors and seniors featured a broad representation of student achievers.

Splash Car Wash Opens New Full-Service Location in Ormond Beach

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Torrey Medina and his partners launched their third Splash Car Wash in Ormond Beach with a grand opening on April 18, attended by local officials and the public. The new location features an innovative full-service wash system, complete with extensive complimentary services and a unique interior detailing tunnel. Open every day, this venue exemplifies the owners' commitment to providing top-tier car wash services based on national standards.

Ormond Burger Week Returns As 17 Restaurants Battle for Best Burger

The second annual Ormond Burger Week is set to take place from May 4-12, featuring 17 local restaurants competing to create the best burger in town. Organized by Realty Pros Assured and Realty Pro Title, the event will offer unique burgers for $10, with community voting requiring participants to sample at least five burgers. Pumphouse BBQ returns to defend its title with a new burger creation, amidst growing excitement and participation from both restaurants and the community. This year's competing restaurants are...

  • Pumphouse BBQ: Triple "B" Burge

  • Frida's Mexican Kitchen and Bar: Birria Burger

  • 31 Supper Club: Mauna Loa

  • Ormond Garage: The Autobahn

  • Fletcher's Irish Pub: 3 Little Pigs

  • 63 Sovereign: Bun Shaker 2.0

  • Jimmy Hulas: Johnny Utah Burger

  • Rosie's Cafe: French Onion Burger

  • Grind Gastro Pub: Kona's Kobe Burger

  • Lulu's Oceanside Grill: Baja Burger

  • Pirana Grill: The Black Hills Burger

  • Steer In Burger: The Bussin' Burger

  • FUGU: FUGU Wagu Burger

  • Fat Paulie's Wicked Awesome Eatery: French Onion Dip Smashburger

  • Granada Family Diner: Belgian Waffle Burger

  • Tango's Ormond Beach: Queso Frito Burger

  • Alexander's: Loaded Burger

Family Dog Stolen During Owners' Vacation, Daytona Beach Police Seek Leads

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During their vacation in Arizona, the McCray family learned that their dog, Twinkie, was stolen from their Daytona Beach home. Captured by a security camera, a woman in a reflective vest took Twinkie, who had escaped from the yard. The family is devastated, with young children and Twinkie's blind brother, Buster, deeply affected. The Daytona Beach police are seeking leads to help return Twinkie to her family.

United Healthcare Division Change Healthcare Hit by Major Data Theft, $870M in Losses

In a high-stakes cyber drama that sent shockwaves through the U.S. healthcare system, a notorious ransomware gang infiltrated Change Healthcare using stolen credentials to remotely worm their way into the tech titan's unprotected systems. According to top brass at UnitedHealth Group (UHG), parent company to Change Healthcare, this security slip-up lacked a critical line of defense—multifactor authentication (MFA).

UnitedHealth's CEO, Andrew Witty, acknowledged in his written testimony to a House subcommittee, which is probing the massive February cyber onslaught. The attack didn't just breach the systems; it led to a major heist of sensitive health data, affecting a staggering number of Americans.

Details from Witty's bombshell testimony reveal that hackers exploited weak spots in a Citrix portal—a tool Change uses to enable remote work access—by logging in with stolen credentials. The big question of how these credentials fell into the wrong hands remains a mystery.

Post-breach, the cybercriminals didn’t just sit on the data; they moved stealthily across the network, siphoning off massive amounts of data before unleashing ransomware on February 21. This forced UnitedHealth to pull the plug on its network to stem the damage.

In a bitter pill to swallow, UnitedHealth later confirmed it coughed up a ransom to the audacious hackers, known as RansomHub, who flaunted the stolen data on the dark web and held it hostage. The financial fallout from the breach is staggering, costing UnitedHealth a cool $870 million in the first quarter alone, despite raking in nearly $100 billion in revenue.

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