Blue Shield of California has disclosed that a ransomware attack on an insurance broker, Team Alvarez Insurance Services, has impacted 2,858 Blue Shield members’ information including names and one or more of the following: health insurance information, health plan member ID number, date of birth, email addresses, phone numbers and physical addresses. No Blue Shield…
Category: Breach Incidents
Warwick Valley Dispatch social media platform breached
The Warwick Valley Dispatch has a brief notice on their web site: On October 17, 2021; Warwick Valley Dispatch became aware of suspicious and unauthorized activity and discovered a breach in our social media platforms. The breach did not expose any sensitive data to potential risk, and no highly sensitive, personal information has been compromised…
Cyber-attack hits UK internet phone providers
BBC reports: An “unprecedented” and co-ordinated cyber-attack has struck multiple UK-based providers of voice over internet protocol (VoIP) services, according to an industry body. Industry body Comms Council UK said several of its members had been targeted by distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in recent weeks. “An overall threat has been made to the…
Justice determines breach of confidentiality of medical records
Jenni Smith reports: The court determined the breach of confidentiality of patient records of the health operator Prevent Senior who died of covid-19. The operator is suspected of forging death certificates and omitting covid-19 as the cause of death in some cases. The information was initially released by TV Globo and confirmed by the report…
Under attack by “Groove,” TriValley Primary Care posts notice on web site and continues caring for patients
Groove, who is making a point of telling anyone who will read their site that Groove is not a gang but just a single person out to prove how easy it is to manipulate media, joined the ranks of those who attack medical entities without regard for the harm they may cause. It appears that…
TX: Unable to determine what was accessed in cyberattack, McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. is notifying patients as well as employees
MCALLEN, Texas, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — McAllen Surgical Specialty Center, Ltd. (“McAllen Surgical”) is providing notice of an incident that could affect the privacy of information of certain employees and patients for whom it provided medical care. While McAllen Surgical is unaware of any actual or attempted misuse of this information, McAllen Surgical takes this incident…