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…
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APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services
May 6, 2020 APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services National Cyber Awareness System: AA20-126A: APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services Original release date: May 5, 2020 Summary This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber…
Europe’s Largest Private Hospital Operator Fresenius Hit by Ransomware
Brian Krebs reports: …. On Tuesday, a KrebsOnSecurity reader who asked to remain anonymous said a relative working for Fresenius Kabi’s U.S. operations reported that computers in his company’s building had been roped off, and that a cyber attack had affected every part of the company’s operations around the globe. Read more on KrebsonSecurity.com.
Leak Of Pune Municipal Corporation Data Spreads Personal Details Of Patients Over Social Media
Prachee Kulkarni reports: Names, locations, contact numbers, medical history — it’s all part of the Google Maps link created by Smart City officials, which was accessed by the public. Civic officials surprisingly casual about breach, say they will ‘consider’ going to the cops Read more on Pune Mirror.
Nashville plastic surgery center hit by ransomware
The plastic surgery center of Dr. Kristin Tarbet in Bellevue Washington was not the only plastic surgery hit by ransomware on May 1. On the same day, Maze Team also reportedly hit Nashville Plastic Surgery Institute, LLC, dba Maxwell Aesthetics. It was the very day that they were reopening after having been shut down totally…
‘No data, security breach’: Aarogya Setu says after hacker claims ‘privacy of 90 million Indians at stake’
The Indian Express reports what may be only opening salvos in this story: The Twitter handle of Aaroga Setu said they were alerted “by an ethical hacker of a potential security issue in the app”, which they discussed with him, but “no personal information of any user has been proven to be at risk”. The…