DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Covenant Care patient and employee data being leaked by ransomware group

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Dissent

In November, Hunters International claimed that they had attacked Covenant Care. Since that time, they have been leaking what appears to be more and more patients’ protected health information (PHI) and employees’ personal information.

Covenant Care operates services providing skilled nursing, residential care, therapy services, and home health care at 29 locations in California and Nevada.

There is no notice on their website about any data security incident and nothing posted on HHS’s public breach tool. According to Hunters, they encrypted files, but there is nothing on Covenant Care’s site that indicates any disruption in services or care at all.

Covenant Care did not respond to an inquiry submitted to it on November 30 about the claimed attack. A second inquiry was submitted to them today, asking if they have notified patients that their protected health information is being leaked on the dark web, and if they haven’t, will they be disclosing that to patients.

No reply was immediately provided.

Covenant Care has previously experienced other cyberattacks affecting patient data:

  • On March 6, 2019,  on behalf of “relevant affiliated nursing facilities,” they notified HHS that 7,678 patients were affected by a phishing incident that affected 10,831 individuals. HHS’s closing statement noted that the protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, dates of death, Social Security numbers, medical record numbers, health insurance information, clinical information, and treatment information. “As a result of this breach, CCC implemented additional technical and administrative safeguards to better protect its PHI. Affected individuals were offered free credit monitoring and identity theft restoration services. OCR also provided CCC with technical assistance regarding its security management process and obtained assurances that CCC implemented the corrective actions noted above.”
  • On May 6, 2022, on behalf of Wagner Heights Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Covenant Care notified HHS that 23,093 patients were affected by a phishing incident in February 2022. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, claims and financial information, medications, diagnoses, and other treatment information. HHS’s closing statement notes that “In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards. Staff were retrained on email security.”
  • Weeks later, Covenant Care reported that yet another of its facilities was compromised in a phishing incident on the same date as the Wagner Heights incident: Rehabfocus Home Health, Inc., the licensee of Focus Health, a home health agency. DataBreaches could not find any listing for this incident on HHS’s public breach tool.

Both of the 2022 incidents were reported by LegalScoops.

In light of Covenant’s past phishing attacks, DataBreaches asked Hunters International whether it had gained access via a phishing attack. A spokesperson responded, “No,”  but added, “They have a very weak network. And it was very easy to “move along.”

DataBreaches will continue to monitor this incident.

Category: Breach IncidentsHealth DataMalwarePhishingU.S.

Post navigation

← Petersen Health Care allegedly a victim of a cyberattack, but not much is known at this point
New leak site reveals yet two more U.S. medical sector victims (2) →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Rewards for Justice offers $10M reward for info on RedLine developer or RedLine’s use by foreign governments
  • New evidence links long-running hacking group to Indian government
  • Zaporizhzhia Cyber ​​Police Exposes Hacker Who Caused Millions in Losses to Victims by Mining Cryptocurrency
  • Germany fines Vodafone $51 million for privacy, security breaches
  • Google: Hackers target Salesforce accounts in data extortion attacks
  • The US Grid Attack Looming on the Horizon
  • US govt login portal could be one cyberattack away from collapse, say auditors
  • Two Men Sentenced to Prison for Aggravated Identity Theft and Computer Hacking Crimes
  • 100,000 UK taxpayer accounts hit in £47m phishing attack on HMRC
  • CISA Alert: Updated Guidance on Play Ransomware

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • How the FBI Sought a Warrant to Search Instagram of Columbia Student Protesters
  • Germany fines Vodafone $51 million for privacy, security breaches
  • Malaysia enacts data sharing rules for public sector
  • U.S. Enacts Take It Down Act
  • 23andMe Bankruptcy Judge Ponders Trump Bill’s Injunction Impact
  • Hell No: The ODNI Wants to Make it Easier for the Government to Buy Your Data Without Warrant
  • US State Dept. says silence or anonymity on social media is suspicious

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.