DataBreaches.net has previously noted a breach involving a Medicaid billing service that school districts use. Timberline Billing Service, LLC has not responded to this site’s inquiries (yet). Today, this site also reached out to College Community School District, one of the almost 200 Iowa school district that use Timberline. No reply has been received from…
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Arkansas Methodist Medical Center Notification of Technology Management Resources Security Incide
Note: the following is a press release from AMMC. DataBreaches.net reached out to Technology Management Resources, but has received no reply by publication time. This post will be updated if a reply is received. Arkansas Methodist Medical Center (“AMMC”) has a lockbox service with IBERIABANK for collecting and processing payments from our patients and/or customers….
Federal agencies issue alert: credible information of increased and imminent threat of ransomware attacks on healthcare and public health sector
From a cybersecurity advisory that you need to drop everything and read and then react to proactively. Seriously. The summary alone should make you take note: This joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)….
Ex-Trillium Health employee accused of hacking co-workers, stealing nude photos
Will Cleveland reports: A former technology employee at Trillium Health is accused of accessing the personal information of numerous co-workers and stealing nude photographs and videos of them, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ameer Elashmawy, 28, a former Trillium information systems security support coordinator, is charged with unauthorized access of a protected computer…
Aetna Pays $1,000,000 to Settle Three HIPAA Breaches
A new press release from HHS today reveals that multiple breaches in 2017 contributed to HHS finding significant problems with Aetna: Aetna Life Insurance Company and the affiliated covered entity (Aetna) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to…
Update: St. Lawrence Health confirms ransomware attack
Yesterday, this site suggested that reports coming out of the St. Lawrence Health System sounded like a ransomware attack. The system has subsequently confirmed that computers at Canton-Potsdam, Massena and Gouverneur hospitals were hit with ransomware, which the system describes as a never-before seen variant of Ryuk ransomware. Hospital officials also claim that it appears that…