Updating the story concerning Colosseum Dental Benelux reported yesterday, Yannick Spinner reports (machine translated): The umbrella company, in its own words, had no choice but to pay the criminals: “Caring for our patients is our top priority and prompted Colosseum Dental to contact the cyber attackers and make agreements about the return and security of our…
Category: Health Data
More than 100 Dutch dental practices closed for days due to cyber attack
On August 5, RTL Nieuws reported: More than a hundred dental practices will be forced to keep their doors closed in the coming days. These are practices of Colosseum Dental Benelux, a large company with more than 130 branches in Belgium and the Netherlands. The company has been hit by a cyber attack and is going to…
BHG Behavioral Health Group recently notified patients of a December 2021 breach
If you know to scroll down on BHG Behavioral Health Group‘s website to their footer, you will see a small link to an undated data security incident notice. That undated notice does not reveal when Behavioral Health Group first discovered the data security incident or how they first discovered it. The notice does state, however,…
New GwisinLocker ransomware encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers
This site generally doesn’t cover or announce new types of ransomware, but this one targets the healthcare sector, so…. Bill Toulas reports: A new ransomware family called ‘GwisinLocker’ targets South Korean healthcare, industrial, and pharmaceutical companies with Windows and Linux encryptors, including support for encrypting VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines. The new malware is…
NJ: SERV Behavioral Health System remains quiet about alleged ransomware attack in May
SERV Behavioral Health System in New Jersey provides Social, Educational, Residential, and Vocational services to children and adults with adults and children trying to cope with serious mental illness or a developmental disability. On May 26, their files were allegedly encrypted by Hive ransomware team. On July 14, Hive added SERV BHS to their leak…
Ransomware team hits Disability Help Group
One of the recent listings on a well-known ransomware leak site names a Florida law firm as their victim but they link to disabilityhelpgroup.com. That site, which offers what they describe as advocacy services for individuals seeking help in securing Social Security disability benefits or veterans’ disability benefits, does not display the law firm’s name…