Since DataBreaches first reported that data from St. Rose Hospital had appeared on a popular hacking forum and appeared to be linked to the BianLian ransomware group, there have been some additional developments: St. Rose Notified the California Attorney General’s Office The notification, submitted to California on January 12, states that Hayward Sisters Hospital d/b/a…
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MN: Mayo Clinic settles another lawsuit stemming from insider-wrongdoing
Andy Brownell reports: The Mayo Clinic has apparently settled another lawsuit stemming from a data breach by a former Mayo Clinic employee. The lawsuit was filed in November 2020 by Olga Ryabchuk and sought class-action status on behalf of the more than 1600 Mayo Clinic patients who had their medical records improperly accessed. The case was officially…
WA: Therapist notifies clients after tricked by a hacker
Some breaches may be more embarrassing to admit to than others. Kudos to this therapist for forthrightly informing the Washington state attorney general what happened: I am writing to advise you of a computer data breach, which occurred from December 2 to December 4, 2022. I was contacted by a person representing himself as an…
NY lawmakers vow to tackle cyber hack attacks against hospitals, schools
Carl Campanile reports: New York state lawmakers have promised to make helping local governments, schools and hospitals protect against cyber ransomware attacks a top priority during the 2023 legislative session. It comes after a wave of such attacks hit institutions across the Empire State, with the computer systems of a major Brooklyn hospital network and those of the Suffolk County…
Home Care Providers of Texas discloses ransomware incident affecting more than 124,000
Home Care Providers of Texas (DPP II, LLC), has disclosed a ransomware incident to the Texas Attorney General’s Office. According to their notification, unnamed threat actors accessed patient information between June 25 and June 29. The breach was detected on June 29 when files were encrypted. In addition to encrypting some files, the threat actors…
TX: West Oaks Eyecare discloses malware incident
On November 7, West Oaks Eyecare in Texas discovered one of their computer systems had been encrypted by malware. Their investigation into the incident indicated that the threat actor(s) may have accessed patient billing information: We thoroughly reviewed the files involved to determine what information they contained. Based on our review, we identified files that…