DOCS Medical Group is an urgent care and primary care provider in Connecticut with multiple locations. They also provide telemedicine services. On September 7, DOCS detected abnormal activity that was quickly identified as a ransomware attack. According to their notification letter to patients dated November 7, an unspecified number of patients had their information on…
Category: Breach Incidents
Michigan prosthetics and orthotics provider discloses ransomware attack back in January (Updated)
Wright & Filippis, a well-known orthotics and prosthetics provider in Michigan, issued a press release yesterday about a cyberattack between January 26 and January 28, 2022. While the press release is not specific about the nature of the attack, a companion FAQ indicates that the attack resulted in the deployment of ransomware. Wright & Filippis…
AirAsia victim of ransomware attack, passenger and employee data acquired
AirAsia Group* pledges to be responsible when gathering personal information and to protect privacy “in every possible way.” That’s not a contract, mind you, but just an expression of their commitment. On November 11 and 12, AirAsia Group fell victim to a ransomware attack by Daixin Team. The threat actors, who were the topic of…
No sign patient information leaked; Interdev platform for Canadian paramedic agencies taken offline
Brendan Burke of The Peterborough Examiner reports: There’s nothing to suggest patients’ confidential information has been compromised after a cybersecurity incident forced Peterborough County-City Paramedics’ data collecting software system to be shut down earlier this week, says Chief Randy Mellow. “There’s absolutely no evidence that this incident has caused any medical or personal information to…
Gateway Rehab issues notice about June ransomware incident
On July 8, DataBreaches reported that Gateway Rehab in Pennsylvania had apparently become the victim of a ransomware attack by Blackbyte. DataBreaches’s report included redacted screenshots of files sensitive protected health information that had been leaked on the threat actors’ leak site. Gateway had not responded to inquiries from this site nor posted any notice on…
Lake Charles Memorial Health System issues statement about cyberattack; Hive responds
LCMH never responded to DataBreaches’ emailed inquiries to them about a significant data security breach claimed by Hive, but after Hive started leaking their data and DataBreaches published a post about the attack and data leak, LCMH gave news outlet KPLC a statement. Their brief statement can be found in its entirety on KPLC. Of…