On May 12, I posted a press release from Walnut Place about a ransomware attack that had occurred in January. Their press release did not disclose that they had become aware of a second ransomware attack on May 6. A new press release, dated today, does: On March 13, 2017, Walnut Place leadership was informed…
Category: Health Data
Former MedAssist employee charged with trafficking stolen identities from Southeast Alabama Medical Center patients
WSFA reports: A woman whose job specialized in assisting medical patients has been charged with identity theft, according to the Dothan Police Department. Dothan Police say Malika Shanta Oliver, 40, is charged with trafficking stolen identities. An investigation revealed Oliver was employed by a company called MedAssist which specializes in assisting medical patients with insurance…
Hacker who identifies as Palestinian behind cyberattack on Israeli hospitals
Becca Noy reports: According to cyber security researchers at ESET, the cyberattack that hit two Israeli hospitals last week was conducted by a hacker who identifies as a Palestinian. It was also discovered that the computer virus that was used in the attack is a spy tool designed to extract information. The analysis conducted by the IT…
Ohio police, fire dispatch center hacked (UPDATED)
UPDATE of July 6: Wooster’s Law Director clarified for me that the data that were compromised came from police incident reports, which includes names and social security numbers and/or driver’s license numbers. The dispatch system is not a HIPAA-covered entity. According to Ms Applebaum, this incident was not related to WannaCry and the city has “measures in…
If you have health insurance anywhere, or are a Medicare patient in Australia, your data are up for sale on the darknet
Paul Farrell reports: A darknet trader is illegally selling the Medicare patient details of any Australian on request by “exploiting a vulnerability” in a government system, raising concerns that a health agency may be seriously compromised. An investigation by Guardian Australia can reveal that a darknet vendor on a popular auction site for illegal products…
Medical billing firm exposes unencrypted protected health information
Last month, DataBreaches.net was contacted by Kromtech Security’s research team and asked to assist it in alerting a medical billing firm that they were exposing patients’ personal and protected health information on their backup server. On June 12, DataBreaches.net sent iMax Medical Billing in Ohio a message and left them a voice mail, alerting them…