In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more than 500 patients to notify, but hasn’t yet figured out exactly…
Category: Breach Incidents
COVID testing appointment scheduling service discovers data breach
Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On or around November 30, 2021, Practolytics LLC (“Practolytics”) learned that it experienced a data security incident. A client-generated report containing COVID testing appointment information, which would normally be deactivated following initial download, remained active. Upon discovery, Practolytics took immediate steps to deactivate and delete the download link to prevent further…
International credit card fraud gang busted in Hyderabad, Rs 1.11 crore seized
Roja Mayabrahma reports: The Cyberabad police on Thursday busted a fake call centre racket and arrested a seven-member gang. A total of Rs 1.11 crore cash, four laptops, 23 mobile phones, debit cards, cheque books and other articles from them. The arrested persons were identified as Naveen Bhutani (41), Mohit (32), Nagaraju Bondada (36), D…
Saved by the backups: Hospital Centro de Andalucia recovered quickly from ransomware attack
Some ransomware groups have pledged not to attack healthcare facilities. Vice Society is not one of them, as their recent attack on a Spanish hospital reminds us. Amaveca Salud provides a number of in-patient and outpatient services and therapies. Last year, they inaugurated a private hospital, Hospital Centro de Andalucia in Lucena, Spain. When…
Major Indian fashion retailer hacked and data leaked
Another major Indian firm has fallen prey to a massive cyberattack. This time, the victim is a Fortune India 500 List company: Mumbai-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG). The conglomerate includes Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) as well as businesses in other sectors. ABFRL, formed after the merger of Madura Fashion & Lifestyle and…
National Association of Community Health Centers to notify current and former employees of data breach
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) will start mailing letters on Monday to 935 current and former employees to inform them of a data breach last year. According to a copy of their notification letter that was submitted to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, on October 16, NACHC discovered that certain systems had…