Group Health Cooperative of South Central Wisconsin (GHC-SCW) is a non-profit, member-owned health plan providing services to more than 80,000 members in Wisconsin. This week, they provided reports to HHS and the Maine Attorney General’s Office about a breach they previously disclosed in February. On January 25, GHC-SCW posted an announcement on its website that…
Author: Dissent
One year after breach, CCM Health notifies almost 29,000 patients
CCM Health in Minnesota provides health services through public hospitals and healthcare facilities. In a notification letter dated March 12, 2024, they informed patients that protected health information (PHI) may have been accessed and exfiltrated during an attack that occurred between April 3 – April 10, 2023. They do not reveal when or how they…
One month later, pathetic DDoSer keeps trying and failing (1)
By “Dissent Doe, PhD” and “Batman” March 7 started out fairly normally – until DataBreaches.net was hit with about 11 million requests in less than an hour. Most of them were from Russia, but of course, that didn’t prove anything. But it seemed clear that DataBreaches had ticked someone or some group off. Again. Ticking…
More Woes for Change Healthcare and Patients
Four months after law enforcement took down AlphV’s leak site and disrupted their operations, AlphV has not recovered. The damage from law enforcement in December was one factor. Then, in March, a self-described affiliate claimed that AlphV had gotten a $22 million payment from Change Healthcare OPTUM but had taken the money, suspended the affiliate’s…
Update: American Renal Associates Data Breach Exposes Over 37,700 Individuals: Medusa Exfiltrates 5TB+ Data
SuspectFile reports: The American Renal Associates (ARA) provides care to patients suffering from end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and is one of the largest dialysis service providers in the United States. In a previous article, we reported on the theft of PHI and PII data from the servers of American Renal Associates by the Medusa ransomware group, which…
Hacker fakes his own death to avoid paying $100,000 in child maintenance
Raoul Simons reports: A computer hacker faked his own death to avoid paying over $100,000 in outstanding child support to his ex-wife, according to court documents. Jesse E. Kipf, 39, pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated identity theft and one count of computer fraud at a Kentucky court on March 29. According to his…