EmergeOrtho in North Carolina has started sending notification letters to patients whose protected health information may have been accessed during a ransomware attack in May. According to a notification template seen by DataBreaches, EmergeOrtho discovered and blocked a ransomware attack on May 18. Their letter does not specifically state whether any files were encrypted, and…
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New York medical practices hit by “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang”
Is “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang” a new ransomware group on the scene, a rebrand, or neither? In July, a new channel appeared on Telegram called the “Bl00dy Ransomware Gang.” In August, information about alleged victims started to appear. So far, the gang has leaked some data allegedly from three victims in two incidents. In each case,…
‘Crisis’ for Utah prisoners as medical records glitch scrambles prescription info
We don’t see many breach reports involving lost devices these days, but records can also be lost due to other causes, such as cyberattacks that encrypt or corrupt files or attacks that delete records where there is no backup. In this case, records were lost during a move to a new facility and transition to…
NHS cyberattack causing ‘total chaos’ in hospitals could take a year to recover
Rebecca Thomas reports: It could take more than a year for hospitals to recover patient record systems following the recent NHS cyberattack, The Independent has learned. Hospitals impacted are likely to need two weeks to recover for every day the situation goes unresolved, according to NHS sources. While initial attention following the ransomware attack on Advantage software was its impact on…
A confusing data dump from Vice Society
Attacking entities that try to save lives or provide health care seems despicable to most people—and attacking a hospice? That may seem especially vile. Vice Society recently added two victims to their dedicated leak site: BSA Hospice of the Southwest and Family Medicine Centers/FMC Clinics. Both are Texas entities. But were both actually attacked by…
San Diego American Indian Health Center: over 27,000 people are affected by data theft
Marco A. De Felice reports: 27,367 people, including patients and healthcare / administrative staff, were affected by the theft of sensitive data after the ransomware-type cyber attack last May 5 at the San Diego American Indian Health Center (“SDAIHC”) in the state of California. Recall that, among the people involved in the theft of their sensitive data, there…