As I commented this week: protected health information or medical information can be found in so many breaches involving entities that may not sound “medical” to you. Today, this site is posting two such notifications. Here’s the first. BLUE ASH, OHIO, September 24, 2021 – On July 27, 2021, Council on Aging of Southwestern Ohio (COA) experienced…
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United Health Centers of San Joaquin Valley remains publicly silent after ransomware attack
Threat actors known as Vice Society have disclosed another attack on the healthcare sector. This time, the victim is United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley in California. Lawrence Abrams of BleepingComputer reports: On August 31st, BleepingComputer was told by a source in the cybersecurity industry that United Health Centers was reeling from a…
Major European call center provider goes down in ransomware attack; not negotiating with Conti
Catalin Cimpanu reports: GSS, the Spanish and Latin America division of Covisian, one of Europe’s largest customer care and call center providers, has suffered a debilitating ransomware attack that froze a large part of its IT systems and crippled call centers across its Spanish-speaking customerbase. Call centers and automated customer support phone services for companies…
Epik hack reveals prominent, Trump-supporting websites under subpoena investigation
Mikael Thalen reports: Data from the Epik hack leak reveals subpoenas and preservation requests directed to the company for information about some of its customers, apparently issued in the wake of Jan. 6. Data leaked online from the hack of web hosting company Epik appears to reveal domains of interest to investigations or other court proceedings. Some of…
QR codes temporarily removed from Sask. COVID-19 vaccine records due to ‘privacy breach’
Kelly Skjerven reports: QR codes are being temporarily removed from residents’ COVID-19 vaccination records due to a situation that eHealth Saskatchewan is treating as a privacy breach. A Saskatchewan government release said they were alerted to an issue downloading patient QR codes. “IT has identified that the COVID-19 vaccination records of up to 19 residents have the potential of…
Ransomware disrupts services at Coos County Family Health Services in Berlin
John Koziol reports: For the second time this year, a North Country nonprofit organization based in the city has been hit by a ransomware attack. Hackers struck the Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District this spring, with the district paying an undisclosed amount to get its computer files back, while on Monday hackers targeted Coos…