Crystal Lake Health Centers (CLHC) provides comprehensive medical care in 11 healthcare clinics in Michigan. On some date as yet unknown to DataBreaches, they appear to have been compromised by the Hunters International threat actors, who have since added a listing to their leak site. According to the leak site notice, Hunters acquired: – patients…
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Mission Community Hospital issues notification for May 1 ransomware attack
Deanco Healthcare LLC, which does business as Mission Community Hospital (MCH) in California, has issued a breach notification about a ransomware attack it discovered in early May. According to their notification to the California Attorney General’s Office, MCH was alerted to potential unauthorized access to its IT network on May 1, 2023. Investigation confirmed that…
Network outage at UT Health East Texas causes the hospital to enter divert status
Robbie Heriman reports: After a potential security incident caused a network outage, UT Health East Texas enters a divert status. Prosecutors ask to effectively close case against top Italian, WHO officials over COVID-19 response According to UT Health East Texas officials, a potential security incident caused a network outage. In a statement to KETK, officials…
Meow Leaks claims attack on Vanderbilt University Medical Center (3)
Meow Leaks has added Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) in Tennessee to their leak site, and has dumped what they claim is 100% of the data they exfiltrated. “The hack was 02/11/23 The company will be hacked again!” they announced on November 18. The leak was posted in two parts, each described as “SQL,”…
From ransomware to attacks on vendors, school districts face multiple threats
Shirley Bilye provides an update on a ransomware attack affecting an Illinois school district: Meredosia-Chambersburg school district has been able to get most of its computer system back online after a cyberattack tried to hijack the network. Earlier this month, staff members started having problems using their computers. The screens eventually went black and the…
Ukraine fires top cybersecurity officials
Zack Whittaker reports: The Ukrainian government has fired two of its most senior cybersecurity officials following accusations of alleged embezzlement. Yurii Shchyhol, head of Ukraine’s State Special Communications Service of Ukraine, or SSSCIP, and his deputy Victor Zhora (pictured), who served as deputy chairman and chief digital transformation officer at SSSCIP, were both dismissed by…