Eoghan Moloney and Eilish O’Regan report: The Coombe Hospital has been the subject of a ransomware cyberattack overnight, the hospital has confirmed. The maternity and infants hospital said that services are continuing as normal despite the cyberattack on Wednesday night. The hospital isolated and locked down its IT services once the attack was discovered “on…
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NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches
CONSENT ORDER NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer care that the State alleges failed to adequately safeguard patient data, exposing the personal and protected health information of 105,200 consumers, including 80,333 New Jersey residents. Under…
Long Island Jewish school’s website hacked with Nazi images, slurs
Fox News reports: Anti-Semitic images, slurs and songs were posted on the website of a Jewish school in Long Island on Monday in an apparent hack, video shows. The North Shore Hebrew Academy High School’s homepage was splattered with a Swastika and clip of marching Nazi SS guards, according to the footage posted on Twitter. […]…
Eastern Health Provides Update Regarding Breach of Privacy and Information
December 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the ongoing investigation into the cyber-attack that impacted health-care information technology (IT) systems across the province has determined that some additional personal information and personal health information was impacted. The updated information regarding the breach related to Eastern Health patients, as well…
Schumer, In Manhasset, Promises Cybersecurity Aid to School Districts
Jennifer McLogan reports: Cyberattacks against school systems are becoming more damaging and aggressive with threats of extortion, unless ransom is paid. It’s costing taxpayers big bucks to repair school technology. Now help is on the way from the federal government. Read more at CBS. See more at NY State Senator Anna Kaplan’s website, where Frank Rizzo…
ID: Ransomware attacks Shelley School District computers
Local8 reports: The Shelley School District was a victim of a ransomware attack. The attack was discovered on Dec. 6. We are told no student information was lost and all of the district’s financial information is also safe. They were able to catch the malware before it got to those servers. They reported the incident to…