More than five months after discovering an attack that disrupted access to some of its IT systems, Kootenai Health is sending notification letters to 464,088 patients, employees, and employees’ dependents. Kootenai Health describes itself as providing a comprehensive range of medical services to patients in north Idaho, eastern Washington, Montana and the Inland Northwest at…
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Surgery Center of Mid Florida notifies patients of February ransomware attack
On or about February 21, Surgery Center of Mid Florida (“SCOMF”) experienced a ransomware attack. No group has publicly claimed responsibility for the attack, but it originated with an attack on their now-former IT vendor. The attack on the unnamed vendor gave the attackers access to SCOMF. In August, SCOMF notified regulators, explaining, in part:…
Gramercy Surgery Center hacked; data leaked on dark web (1)
Gramercy Surgery Center (“Gramercy”) is an ambulatory surgery center with locations in Manhattan and Queens, New York. On or about July 15, the threat actor(s) known as Everest Team added Gramercy to its leak site. Everest claimed to have acquired more than 460 GB of files but offered only images of two old files as…
Betances Health Center hit by ransomware attack; sensitive patient data leaked
On July 12, threat actors known as Hunters International added Betances Health Center in New York to their leak site. On July 25, they leaked what they claim is almost 125 GB of information consisting of 361,564 files. Betances Health Center describes itself as offering a full range of primary care and preventive services, as…
Number of appointments at NHS trusts impacted by cyber attack passes 10,000
The Jersey Evening Post reported: More than 10,000 appointments have been cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected by a cyber attack earlier this summer, new figures have revealed. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ransomware attack by Russian cyber gang Qilin on June 3. An update from…
Belfast Trust investigating patient details data breach at Mental Health unit
Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…