University Gastroenterology is notifying patients after what sounds like a ransomware attack. In a notice on their web site, they write that on July 11, 2016, they discovered that an unauthorized individual had gained access to an electronic file storage system from a practice they had acquired in 2014, Consultants in Gastroenterology, and encrypted several files….
Category: Breach Incidents
CA: Yuba-Sutter Medical Clinic discloses August ransomware attack
Yuba-Sutter Medical Clinic is notifying patients after a ransomware attack on August 3. Fortunately, the center was able to regain access relatively quickly and no data were lost, although they acknowledge that they did experience some delays in accessing internal information and patient information while they worked to regain access. As far as they can…
Mom Says For-Profit School Stole Her Identity
John Brackin reports: The mother of a student attending Fortis Institute in Birmingham, Ala., claims in court that the for-profit school used her personal information to fraudulently charge her for a student loan. Julie Rogers, a resident of Jefferson County, Ala., sued Fortis on Tuesday, along with its parent organization Education Affiliates LLC, in Northern…
SC: Hit by ransomware, a school district paid the ransom
Diane Lee reports that Horry County Schools, the third largest school district in South Carolina, was hit with ransomware in February, and paid up: A photo was sent to Horry County Schools in February. It said if you don’t pay 22 bitcoin within “7 days” “it’s impossible to recover your files.” Horry paid the $10,000…
Baltimore addiction treatment clinic hacked; patients’ info up for sale on dark web (UPDATED)
The non-profit organization Man Alive in Baltimore provides substance abuse treatment and mental health services to some of the city’s neediest residents. As if the facility didn’t have enough challenges, on August 24, they were hacked, and a patient database with sensitive personal and treatment information was put up for sale on the dark web. DataBreaches.net was first tipped to…
UAE: Al Zahra Private Medical Centre hacked
The web site of Al Zahra Private Medical Centre in the United Arab Emirates was reportedly hacked last month by the individual calling himself “websites-hunter” (@websiteshunter on Twitter). The hack was announced on Twitter on August 31 and on Pastebin on the same day. The Al Zahra Private Medical Centre is part of the health services network of the Gulf Medical…