Brendan Burke of The Peterborough Examiner reports: There’s nothing to suggest patients’ confidential information has been compromised after a cybersecurity incident forced Peterborough County-City Paramedics’ data collecting software system to be shut down earlier this week, says Chief Randy Mellow. “There’s absolutely no evidence that this incident has caused any medical or personal information to…
Category: Health Data
Gateway Rehab issues notice about June ransomware incident
On July 8, DataBreaches reported that Gateway Rehab in Pennsylvania had apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack by Blackbyte. DataBreaches’s report included redacted screenshots of files sensitive protected health information that had been leaked on the threat actors’ leak site. Gateway had not responded to inquiries from this site nor posted any notice on…
San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital Back Online After Malware Attack
Toni McAllister reports: A six-day shutdown of electronic health records at San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital was due to a malware attack that remains under investigation by a team of forensics professionals, according to SGMH CEO Steve Barron. The attack occurred Nov. 10 and all systems at the 600 N. Highland Springs Avenue campus were back…
Lake Charles Memorial Health System issues statement about cyberattack; Hive responds
LCMH never responded to DataBreaches’ emailed inquiries to them about a significant data security breach claimed by Hive, but after Hive started leaking their data and DataBreaches published a post about the attack and data leak, LCMH gave news outlet KPLC a statement. Their brief statement can be found in its entirety on KPLC. Of…
PA: Media’s reporting on breach led to new state data breach law
Rick Earle reports: An exclusive Target 11 investigation into a massive data breach last year has led to a new state law meant to protect every citizen of the Commonwealth. Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle broke the story of that data breach last April and now because of his reporting, state lawmakers passed legislation requiring timely notification of…
UK: Reading clinic leaked the email addresses of 288 patients in an emailed invitation
Jay Jay reports: The South Reading & Shinfield Group Medical Practice, a healthcare clinic in Reading, recently leaked the email addresses of many of its patients after clinic officials included their email addresses in an emailed invitation. Source: Teiss