The Times of Israel reports: In its second major leak in a day, the Black Shadow hacking group on Tuesday night uploaded what it said was the full database of personal information from Israel’s Machon Mor medical institute, including medical records of some 290,000 patients. The directory reportedly includes information on patients’ blood tests, treatments,…
Category: Health Data
What happened, Friday edition
It’s often quite difficult to code incidents for analysis purposes. Consider the following notification’s description of what happened, as one example: Mesa, AZ: November 3, 2021 – Baywood Medical Associates, PLC dba Desert Pain Institute (“DPI”), a health care provider specializing in pain management located in Mesa, Arizona, has become aware of a data security incident…
JEV Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics notifies patients of malware incident
JEV Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics in Maryland has issued a press release about a malware incident. According to their notice, an unauthorized actor accessed their systems and may have viewed or acquired certain patient information between April 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021. The types of personal and/or medical information that may have been accessible by…
Possible cyberattack hits ‘brain’ of N.L. health-care system, delaying thousands of appointments Social Sharing
CBC News reports: A cyberattack appears to be behind a provincewide disruption of health-care services in Newfoundland and Labrador that has affected thousands of appointments and procedures, including those involving COVID-19 testing. “We may have been victims of a possible cyberattack by a third party,” said Health Minister John Haggie at a news conference Monday morning….
Las Vegas Cancer Center hit by ransomware over Labor Day weekend; 3,000 patients notified
KTNV reports that the Las Vegas Cancer Center was the victim of a ransomware attack over the Labor Day Weekend. The attack was discovered on September 7, when the center re-opened. The attackers reportedly accessed encrypted data. Patient data is in proprietary format and the center believes it would not be usable to the threat actors….
Community Medical Centers notifying 656,047 patients of ransomware incident
Community Medical Centers, Inc. (“CMC”) is a non-profit community health center serving San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties in Northern California. On October 10, 2021, they shut down many of their systems after detecting unusual activity on the network. In their notification to California’s Attorney General, they reported that they found evidence that indicated unauthorized…