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…
Category: Breach Incidents
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…
HK: Computer with 3,600 patients’ information stolen
RTHK reports: A laptop computer, containing information of more than 3,600 patients, has allegedly been stolen at Queen Mary Hospital. The computer belongs to the Department of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. The case has been reported to police and the privacy commissioner. The university has apologised to the affected patients. And that’s…
Indictments in patient data theft from Pediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology Nutrition of Florida (UPDATED)
As seen in the Tampa Star: Three men have been indicted for stealing the personal patient information of more than 13,000 people from a Tampa medical practice and using it to create fraudulent credit cards and steal tax refunds. The conspiracy to steal the personal patient information of thousands of clients at the Tampa office…
Burrell Behavioral Health Provides Notice Of Data Security Incident
DATELINE: Springfield, Missouri – September 2, 2016 – Burrell Behavioral Health today announced a cyber attack on its computer network. On July 7, 2016, it discovered that an individual or individuals gained access to the email account of an employee of Burrell Behavioral Health. Burrell Behavioral Health immediately took steps to secure the email account…