Inside Croydon provides an update on the devastating ransomware attack by Qilin that targeted an NHS service provider: Four months after a malicious cyber attack on IT systems serving major hospitals in south London, the NHS says that it is in “the final stages of recovery” and “nearly all services are now up and running”….
Category: Health Data
HHS Office for Civil Rights Imposes a $240,000 Civil Monetary Penalty Against Providence Medical Institute in HIPAA Ransomware Cybersecurity Investigation
In April 20218, DataBreaches reported a ransomware incident in February 2018 that had affected 81,550 patients of the Center for Orthopaedic Specialists (COS) – Providence Medical Institute (PMI) in California. The entity’s notification at the time indicated that patients’ names, dates of birth, details about medical records, and Social Security numbers had been involved in the…
Alaska Corrections contractor denies ACLU claim of ‘massive’ prisoner health data breach
Sage Smiley reports: The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections. But the software company at the center of the complaint claims that’s “false and misleading,” and that there was no breach of data…
NZ: New Zealand hearing clinic Bloom warns of massive data theft in ransomware attack
Phil Pennington of RNZ reports: Thousands of customers of a hearing clinic chain in New Zealand have been warned about a ransomware attack that has stolen masses of sensitive data. Bloom Hearing Specialists said some or all of the stolen data had been, or soon will be, published on the dark web. In an online…
VA staff got into Vance, Walz medical files, sparking investigation
Today’s reminder of the insider threat, as reported by The Washington Post: At least a dozen employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs improperly accessed the medical records of vice-presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz this summer, VA investigators found, in a violation of federal health privacy laws that is under criminal investigation. VA…
A cyberattack on Kuwait Health Ministry impacted hospitals in the country
Pierluigi Paganini reports: Kuwait’s Health Ministry was the victim of a cyberattack that took systems at several of the country’s hospitals offline. The cyber attack also impacted the Ministry of Health website, which is still offline, and Kuwait’s Sahel healthcare app. “Kuwaiti Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that many essential features are back and running…