Scott Bauer reports: Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party’s account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party’s chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday. Read more on Madison.com
Month: October 2020
Statement from Universal Health Services
Updated Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:30 pm ET — As previously disclosed on September 29, 2020, we experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result of this cyberattack, we suspended user access to our information technology applications related to operations located in the United States. While…
Cyberattack causes ‘significant’ UVM Health Network technology outage
AP and NBC report from Vermont: The University of Vermont Health Network is experiencing a systemwide network disruption following a cyberattack Wednesday. Six hospitals throughout Vermont and northern New York are being affected by a “significant and ongoing system-wide network issue,” said spokesperson Neal Goswami. The group has not confirmed an exact timeline for restoring…
ICO fines Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep customers’ personal data secure
From the U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO): The ICO has fined Marriott International Inc £18.4million for failing to keep millions of customers’ personal data secure. Marriott estimates that 339 million guest records worldwide were affected following a cyber-attack in 2014 on Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide Inc. The attack, from an unknown source, remained undetected until…
Data breach involving personal information reported at Rady Children’s Hospital
Dillon Davis reports Rady Children’s Hospital has disclosed that some patient data was impacted by the Blackbaud ransomware incident earlier this year: Those files contained personal information including names, addresses, physicians, department of service, procedure name and date of births, the hospital said. Read more on FOX5. The hospital did not disclose the number of…
Dozens of patient records dumped in St. Louis industrial area
Erin Richey reports that someone found boxes of patient records belonging to DaVita Florissant Dialysis on West Florissant Avenue. “Found names, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab reports, entire medical history of people and personal information,” he said. “ Read more on KSDK. According to the report, because Missouri does not regulate dialysis clinics, the state department…