Jay Jay reports: In a letter sent to about 1,700 patients, Lister Fertility Clinic said that a ransomware attack on Stor-a-file Limited, a firm that scans medical records for the clinic, compromised the sensitive information of patients. […] The document management firm said that the ransomware attack affected 13 organisations, six of them in the healthcare sector….
Category: Breach Incidents
Threat actors add Johnson Memorial Health to dark web leak site
Johnson Memorial Health in Indiana was the victim of a ransomware incident in early October that was quickly reported in the press: The hackers gained access to the hospital’s network at 10:31 p.m. Friday and installed ransomware by 10:33 p.m. The hospital’s IT team discovered the attack within about 15 minutes and immediately shut down…
Some Florida Heart Associates data appears on dark web after ransomware attack earlier this year
In July, this site noted a May, 2021 ransomware incident that significantly impacted Florida Heart Associates. In July, they notified HHS that 45,148 patients were impacted. Now this week, we learned that it was Pysa threat actors who had attacked them, and they have now dumped some of the data. Pysa’s dump is a little…
Maxim Healthcare notifies patients of breach that occurred in October, 2020
On November 4, Maxim Healthcare Group, including Maxim Healthcare Services and Maxim Healthcare Staffing (collectively “Maxim Healthcare”) issued a press release about a breach — a press release they describe as issued “out of an abundance of caution.” That sounds like they had an option not to disclose. I would think that they were required…
Two providers in Colorado and Alabama report breaches, and a benefits administrator in Georgia also reports a cyberattack
The Urology Center of Colorado (TUCC) On September 8, TUCC detected an attack that began September 7. Their investigation revealed that patients’ name and one or more of the following data elements may have been date of birth, Social Security number, address, phone number, email address, medical record number, diagnosis, treating physician, insurance provider, treatment…
Update on impact of the Washington Central Unified Union School District ransomware attack
On October 28, this site noted a report that Washington Central Unified Union School District in Vermont had been the victim of an as-yet-unconfirmed ransomware attack. The district has now issued a notification that makes clear that personal and health information of students and personnel may have been accessed or acquired. Their announcement also indicates…