Cardiovascular Consultants in Arizona is not the only U.S. medical entity the ransomware gang known as Qlin has hit. On December 4, Qlin added the Neurology Center of Nevada (NCN) to their leak site. They also provided screenshots as proof of claims. Some of those screenshots revealed personal or protected health information. In addition to…
Category: Health Data
Hospital systems slowly coming back online after October cyberattack
Paul Pedro reports: The five regional hospitals affected by a ransomware cyberattack are confirming that charting systems started coming back online last week and have continued this week. “As we continue to bring systems online, we are closely monitoring system integrity during network restoration at each institution,” hospital officials said in a statement on Thursday morning. “This…
Ee: 10,000 people’s data stolen in genetic testing company Asper Biogene leak
ERR reports: Personal and health data belonging to approximately 10,000 people has been illegally downloaded from the Tartu-based genetic testing company Asper Biogene’s database, the State Prosecutor’s Office said on Thursday. Those affected are in the process of being notified. A criminal investigation has been launched by the Southern Prefectural Criminal Bureau which is in…
New leak site reveals yet two more U.S. medical sector victims (2)
There’s a new leak site on the dark web this week, by an individual or individuals calling themself “DragonForce.” Most of the listings on the site are dated December 13 but appear to refer to attacks that were made previously. DataBreaches spotted two medical sector victims among the listings: Heart of Texas Behavioral Health Network…
Covenant Care patient and employee data being leaked by ransomware group
In November, Hunters International claimed that they had attacked Covenant Care. Since that time, they have been leaking what appears to be more and more patients’ protected health information (PHI) and employees’ personal information. Covenant Care operates services providing skilled nursing, residential care, therapy services, and home health care at 29 locations in California and…
Petersen Health Care allegedly a victim of a cyberattack, but not much is known at this point
On November 21, the Cactus ransomware gang added Petersen Health Care to its leak site. The listing has been updated since then. As proof of claims, Cactus leaked several screenshots of identity documents like passports. They did not indicate whether these were employee documents or patient-related documents, although it would be more likely if they…