David Raleigh reports: University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is in the process of sending letters to over 600 patients following an alleged major data breach concerning patient data, including details of 95 children, which was then posted on social media. Gardaí have also been informed of the alleged breach by a non-HSE employee. It’s alleged the…
Category: Health Data
Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm
Nicole Perlroth reports: A Philadelphia company that sells software used in hundreds of clinical trials, including the crash effort to develop tests, treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, was hit by a ransomware attack that has slowed some of those trials over the past two weeks. The attack on eResearchTechnology Inc., which has not…
New Jersey hospital paid ransomware gang $670K to prevent data leak
Lawrence Abrams reports: University Hospital New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, paid a $670,000 ransomware demand this month to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info. The attack on the hospital occurred in early September by a ransomware operation known as SunCrypt, who infiltrates a network, steals unencrypted files, and then…
Magnolia Pediatrics notifies patients of a security incident after OCR tells them it’s reportable
Almost one year after Magnolia Pediatrics notified 11,000 patients about a ransomware attack on an unnamed IT vendor, they are now notifying more than 12,000 patients of another attack. This time, they wound up firing their vendor. According to a notification on their web site, on March 26, the Magnolia Pediatrics discovered a security incident….
VOXX International notifies employees and dependents enrolled in their health plan of ransomware attack
The following press release was issued September 28 by VOXX. If you or a family member were employed by them years ago, they may not have your current address to notify you of this incident: Today, VOXX International Corporation (“VOXX”), a leading manufacturer and distributor of automotive, consumer and biometrics technologies, announced that it has…
Recover Our Youth notifies clients and guardians of data security incident
Recover Our Youth has posted a notice of a data security incident that does not specifically say there was a ransom demand involving exfiltrated data, but it sounds like they may have paid some ransom to get copies of data destroyed. Recover Our Youth offers residential treatment programs and group homes for behaviorally and emotionally…