On March 15, this site noted that the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital had posted a notice about an IT security incident. At the time, they did not identify the incident as a ransomware incident. DataBreaches.net subsequently found some explanation for that notice — a listing on a Russian-language forum offering data from ETCH with numerous…
Category: Breach Incidents
Five ransomware groups, five victims… will it ever ease up?
The following is a snapshot of recent attacks on U.S. healthcare entities by ransomware teams. #1 First Choice Community Healthcare – Hive Hive threat actors have never sworn off attacking the healthcare sector. In addition to claiming that they attacked the Partnership HealthPlan of California on March 19 (an attack that has impacted PHPC’s functioning),…
Two Texas school districts report breaches, but what happened?
Two Texas school districts — Weatherford Independent School District and Tuloso Midway ISD — reported breaches to the Texas Attorney General’s Office last month, but to cut to the chase, DataBreaches.net has no idea what happened in each case. The Weatherford ISD incident reportedly affected 1,254 Texans. The breach was reported to the state on…
SuperCare Health notifies 318,379 patients of July breach
In March, Super Care, Inc. dba SuperCare Health, notified the California Attorney General’s Office of a breach. The home respiratory care provider’s notification explained that on July 27, 2021, they had discovered unauthorized activity in their system — activity that they subsequently learned began on July 23. In a notification to 318,379 patients sent on…
MO: Tague Family Practice patient records stolen and leaked
Tague Family Practice (TFP) in St. Louis, Missouri is a primary care practice that strives to maintain the traditional care model of a doctor who spends time getting to know you and providing preventative care as well as care for acute problems or chronic conditions. On some date unknown to DataBreaches.net, the practice fell victim…
55,000 there, 190,000 there, 1.8 million there, and the breaches roll on…
Taylor Regional Hospital in Kentucky recently notified 190,209 patients of breach that they identified in January. An investigation determined that an unauthorized person had gained access to their network between November 2, 2021 and January 19, 2022, and obtained certain files from their systems containing patients’ names, and one or more of the following: address,…