Elizabeth Shores reports: Patients at CHI St. Alexius are receiving letters from Welltok, Inc., a third-party vendor, about a significant data breach. Welltok said it learned at the end of July about a data leak that had taken place during the summer. Welltok said it notified St. Alexius about the extent of the leak on…
Category: Health Data
Update: Fred Hutch Cancer Center attack claimed by Hunters International
On December 8, DataBreaches reported that Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center had been the victim of a ransomware attack and that the then-unnamed threat actors were trying to extort patients directly. Today we learned that the threat actors are Hunters International, who listed the incident on their leak site. As of publication, they have not leaked…
Delta Dental says data breach exposed info of 7 million people
Bill Toulas reports: Delta Dental of California is warning almost seven million patients that they suffered a data breach after personal data was exposed in a MOVEit Transfer software breach. Delta Dental is a dental insurance provider that covers 85 million people across 50 states, but this data breach notice concerns the California division of…
Neurology Center of Nevada allegedly attacked by Qlin
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…
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…