On September 2, the NoEscape ransomware group added Mulkay Cardiology Consultants to their leak site and claimed to have successfully encrypted them. “We have 60GB of confidential and personal data on more than 30,000 patients, scans, doctor’s conclusions about patients and many other confidential information,” they claimed in their listing about the New Jersey medical…
Category: Breach Incidents
Pain Care Specialists may be feeling the pain of a ransomware attack
It appears that Pain Care Specialists in Oregon became the victim of an attack by AlphV. The threat actors added the medical entity to their leak site earlier today with some files with personal information on employees and patients. AlphV’s listing noted that the breach occurred on September 13, and, “As a result of our…
Crown Point schools 2022 ransomware attack cost $1M to resolve
Adrian Martinez-De la Cruz reports that Crown Point Community School Corp. Superintendent Todd Terrill provided an update on the ransomware attack last November that cost the district about $1 million to resolve. The superintendent said the breach occurred after an employee fell for a phishing attack. The district decided to pay the attackers, and “a payment…
Freestyle Must Defend Lawsuit Following Data Breach, Judge Rules
Skye Witley reports: Internet commerce services vendor Freestyle Solutions Inc. must face a trimmed-down lawsuit alleging it misled customers about its cybersecurity practices before hackers gained access to its network, a federal New Jersey court ruled. Freestyle succeeded in dismissing most of the claims, including negligence, but will have to defend issues surrounding its contract language, Judge Susan…
Visiting Physician’s Network in Texas silent about ransomware attack and incident response
One of the newer ransomware groups to open a leak site is “ThreeAM.” Bleeping Computer recently reported that the ThreeAM malware is written in Rust, and on at least one occasion, researchers discovered that when LockBit failed, ThreeAM (aka 3AM) was successfully deployed. Symantec has more details on the malware and the group’s methods. ThreeAM…
More victims of MOVEit breach are revealed: Nuance discloses for covered entities (UPDATE 1)
Add yet one more business associate to those affected by the Clop attack on Progress Software MOVEiT. Nuance has disclosed that it was affected by the May attacks. Although no number was revealed, the Microsoft-owned technology firm stated it was disclosing on behalf of: Atrium Health, the Charlotte-based health care system giant. Catawba Valley Medical…