Greater Pittsburgh Orthopaedic Associates (GPOA) recently began notifying patients of a breach that occurred on or about August 10, 2025. Although their notification letter to patients does not indicate that this was an incident involving encryption, on August 20, 2025, Ransomhouse had added GPOA to its dark web leak site. Their listing indicated that GPOA…
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HHS OCR Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center
Settlement Marks OCR’s 11th Enforcement Action in OCR’s Risk Analysis Initiative Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with Top of the World Ranch Treatment Center (TWRTC), a substance use disorder treatment provider in Illinois, for a potential violation of the Health Insurance Portability…
Privacy breaches following the Lapu Lapu Day Festival
A report issued by the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia states: Between April 30, 2025 and June 20, 2025 the OIPC received breach notifications from the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (VCH), the Fraser Health Authority (FHA), Providence Health Care (PHC), and the Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) for privacy breaches…
Nigerian Man Sentenced to Eight Years in Prison for Computer Intrusion and Theft
Defendant conspired to use stolen taxpayer information to file over 1,000 fraudulent tax returns seeking millions of dollars in tax refunds BOSTON – A Nigerian national living in Mexico, who was extradited to the United States, was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for his role in a scheme to break into Massachusetts tax…
Security Lapse at MYH: Private Agency Fined After Viral Video
Devdiscourse reports: A private security firm faced a fine of Rs 25,000 [USD $275.77] on Tuesday after a viral video allegedly revealed neglect, as two women carried a patient on a stretcher out of Government Maharaja Yashwantrao Chikitsalaya (MYH), officials stated. Considered one of the largest state-operated hospitals in Madhya Pradesh, MYH is under the…
Marietta also affected by BridgePay ransomware attack.
Marietta, Georgia is one of numerous entities affected by the BridgePay ransomware attack. On February 13, the city posted the following notice on its website: The City of Marietta is currently unable to process certain online credit card payments due to a recent service disruption by one of the City’s payment gateway providers. We are…