Sarah Motter reports: A data breach at a Blue Cross Blue Shield subcontractor has left about 2,800 members at risk, however, the company has taken steps to ensure their information stays secure. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas says on Thursday, March 24, it was recently notified of a data breach that happened several months…
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TX: Val Verde Regional Medical Center patient data dumped by LockBit
Val Verde Regional Medical Center (VVRMC) appears to have been the victim of a ransomware attack involving LockBit. According to LockBit, Val Verde Memorial Hospital was compromised and 96,000 patient records were exfiltrated. The listing was added to the leak site on March 16, with LockBit noting that the patient records had the following table…
Even More Patient Data May Have Been Stolen in 2021 Ransomware Attack: Scripps Health
Artie Ojeda reports: Almost one year after a devastating ransomware attack on Scripps Health, patients have received a letter advising additional personal information may have been compromised. NBC 7 obtained a copy of the letter dated March 15. It references the cyberattack that occurred between April 26, 2021, and May 1, 2021. Read more at…
Ca: St. Joe’s fires employee who snooped into medical records of 49 patients ‘out of curiosity’
Sebastian Bron reports: St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton has fired an employee who inappropriately snooped into the medical records of four dozen patients. The massive privacy breaches spanned more than a year and saw 49 patients’ personal health information — think names, medical record numbers, ethnicities, family doctors, birthdays, phone numbers and addresses — exposed to a…
Threat actors leak data from Scottish Association for Mental Health
It appears that RansomExx threat actors have hit the Scottish Association for Mental Health (SAMH). On March 18, SAMH posted a notice on its website. The full notice says it was dealing with an “I.T incident, which is affecting our colleagues’ ability to receive and respond to emails across both our national and local service…
Ca: Dang claims he hacked Alberta vaccine passport system using Kenney’s birthday to highlight flaws
Ashley Joannou reports: Edmonton-South MLA Thomas Dang has admitted to hacking the Alberta government’s COVID-19 vaccine record system last year using Premier Jason Kenney’s birthday. In an exclusive interview with Postmedia, Dang, who resigned from the NDP caucus in December and now sits as an independent, said he did it to highlight security vulnerabilities and…