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…
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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…
Compton and Broomhead Dental Center alleged victim of cyberattack
It’s one thing to ignore ransom demands from threat actors, but how smart — or foolish — is it to be sarcastic or insulting to those who have exfiltrated files with your patients’ protected health information? DataBreaches.net was recently contacted by threat actors who were previously associated with other groups. They claimed to have attacked…
Out with the old, in with the new? Saltzer Health, Broward Health report data breaches impacting protected health information
Saltzer Health, Idaho As 2021 wound down, Saltzer Health in Idaho reported a breach it had discovered on June 1. According to their notification, an employee’s email account had been compromised. Investigation showed the access began on May 25. On December 29, Saltzer issued a notice that disclosed the incident and reported that the types…
UVA Health notified patients after Ciox Health data breach (updated)
Someone on Twitter asked me what the first breach of 2022 would be. The following public notice is not the first breach of 2022. It is a 2021 breach that just showed up after midnight in my news search this morning. And because it involves a third-party breach, we may see other covered entities affected,…