Some good news for a change. Catalin Cimpanu reports: Romanian law enforcement has cracked down today on a hacker group that was preparing to launch ransomware attacks on Romanian hospitals. Three hackers were arrested and had their homes searched in Romania and a fourth in the Republic of Moldova. Romanian authorities said the four were…
Category: Health Data
AKO ransomware operators put some hurt on pain management doctors
Ransomware operators known as the Maze team have been getting media attention for their influence in implementing what is being called a double extortion scheme: attackers gain access to their victim’s network, exfiltrate data, and then lock up the victim’s system with ransomware. They then demand a fee — which may be hundreds of thousands…
Elizabethtown Community Hospital Patients Lack Standing in Data Breach Row
Daniel R. Stoller has a litigation update on a case that stems from a 2018 breach affecting patients at Elizabethtown Community Hospital. Elizabethtown Community Hospital beat claims of inadequate data security protections after a federal judge in New York found that plaintiffs lacked standing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (subscription required).
Diabetes Device Supplier Solara Medical Faces Refined Claims in Data Breach Suit
Andrea Vittorio reports: A diabetes device supplier hit by a data breach in mid-2019 is facing refined fraud claims in a potential class action in California after a court took issue with the basis of some original claims. Fraud claims in the lawsuit against Solara Medical Supplies LLC, one of the largest direct-to-consumer suppliers of…
Vegas woman charged with running ID theft lab
A Las Vegas woman is charged with operating an identity theft lab after police said they found a cache of stolen mail, medical records from cancer patients and Social Security numbers in her possession. Las Vegas Justice Court records show that Diane Dove, 40, faces a single felony count of establishing or possessing a financial…
Ohio medical center notifies patients after online spread sheet exposed protected health information
The following is a press release. A substitute notice also appears on the entity’s website. May 6 — Ashtabula County Medical Center (“ACMC”) announced today that it has become aware that it inadvertently exposed the health information of a limited number of patients to the public in January, 2020. ACMC learned of this problem in…