As DataBreaches recently reported, in June 2023, SysInformation Healthcare Services d/b/a EqualizeRCM discovered a ransomware attack. One year later, we still don’t know how many clients and patients were affected. But SysInformation wasn’t the only entity that suffered a ransomware attack in June 2023 that hadn’t sent notifications by now. Florida Community Health Centers (FCHC)…
Category: Breach Incidents
Insider Threat: Fake Therapist Fooled Hundreds Online Until She Died, State Records Say
In April 2023, Brightside Health, Inc. reported a breach to HHS that affected 767 patients. The incident was coded as “unauthorized access/disclosure” of information located in “EMR, other.” HHS’s closing statement on the public breach tool described the incident this way: The covered entity (CE), Brightside Health, reported that an unauthorized individual accessed the protected…
How many clients and patients were affected by a ransomware attack on EqualizeRCM? We have no idea.
On August 17, 2023, SysInformation Healthcare Services, LLC, d/b/a EqualizeRCM (“SysInformation”) notified HHS of a breach. The firm, a business associate that provides revenue and billing cycle management services, reported that 501 patients had been affected. That number is generally interpreted as a placeholder marker when the entity has not yet figured out the real…
Infosys McCamish Systems ransomware attack affected more than 6 million people
Infosys McCamish Systems (“IMS”) in Atlanta provides software and services to the life insurance industry. In October 2023, it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected 6,078,263 people. As they explain in a notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, they were providing notification on their own behalf as a data owner and…
Blackcat may be gone, but recovery from its attacks is not over
The AlphV (aka Blackcat) ransomware group may have disappeared after a law enforcement seizure in December, and then an exit scam by its admin in March, but the impact of some of its breaches continues. While the Change Healthcare breach continues to make headlines, earlier breaches by Blackcat also continue to impact victims. In July…
Maryhaven addiction and treatment centers hit by ransomware attack
On June 13, the INC Ransom group added Maryhaven in Ohio to their leak site. DataBreaches subsequently contacted Maryhaven to inquire what it was doing in response to INC’s claims. They did not reply, but subsequently posted a notice on their website that said, in part: We are aware that some of our systems are…