On September 15, INC Ransom added OnePoint Patient Care to its leak site. The threat actors claimed to have encrypted the hospice dispensing pharmacy and pharmacy benefits management service’s files. It wasn’t long after that INC leaked all of the data. The Arizona-based provider notified HHS of the incident on October 14, reporting that 795,916…
Category: Health Data
Cardiology of Virginia patient data appears to be up for sale. Has the entity issued any statement at all?
On September 7, RansomHub added Cardiology of Virginia to its dark web leak site, claiming that about 1 TB of files had been acquired. DataBreaches assumes no payment agreement was struck as RansomHub subsequently leaked data, complete with a filelisting, youtube video, and other files. “For bulk archive and confidential data analyzes trough our own…
Madras High Court dismisses petition seeking probe into Star Health Insurance data breach
Ayesha Arvind reports: The Madras High Court Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by cyber security researcher Himanshu Pathak seeking a probe into the alleged data breach at national insurance firm, Star Health Insurance. Justice M Dhandapani dismissed Pathak’s petition after noting that a civil suit filed by Star Health last year dealing with the same issue is already pending…
The Global State of Internet of Healthcare Things (IoHT) Exposures on Public-Facing Networks
Censys recently published a new research report that looks at exposed data on the internet involving healthcare devices and systems connected to PHI. Here’s their Executive Summary: Censys discovered 14,004 unique IP addresses exposing healthcare devices and data systems connected to potentially sensitive medical information on the public internet. These exposures greatly raise the risk of unauthorized…
Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology appears to have been attacked by three different groups; more than 169,000 patients affected (1)
Update: On November 13, Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology (RMG) reported the incident to HHS OCR as affecting 366,491 patients. RMG never responded to the inquiries this site submitted to it on October 19 and October 27. SuspectFile reports: This article will cover what appears to be a triple cyberattack on the IT systems of Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology (RMG), a…
2nd Settlement Triggered by 2017 Ransomware Attack Costs WA Practice $100K; ‘Not a Breach’
DataBreaches recently posted a press release from HHS OCR that announced a settlement with Cascade Eye and Skin Centers following a ransomware investigation. Theresa Defino of Report on Patient Privacy (RPP) dug into the incident and investigation more, and her reporting services as a great reminder that HHS’s press releases frequently do not really answer…