On or about July 7, Karakurt threat actors added Jefferson County Health Center in Iowa to their leak site to pressure them to pay ransom demands. Or was it Jefferson County Hospital in Oklahoma that they had hit? Right below their heading claiming it was the Iowa facility, their text indicated it was the similarly…
Category: Breach Incidents
Parathon by JDA eHealth Systems hit by Akira? They haven’t responded to inquiries.
Visitors to Akira’s dark web leak site are greeted with a message: Well, you are here. It means that you’re suffering from cyber incident right now. Think of our actions as an unscheduled forced audit of your network for vulnerabilities. Keep in mind that there is a fair price to make it all go away….
Crozer Health’s computer systems were knocked offline Thursday by a ransomware attack
Harold Brubaker reports: Computer systems at Delaware County’s Crozer Health were offline Thursday after a ransomware attack on the health system’s owner, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the company said. “We have experienced a ransomware attack that is Prospect-wide, and are currently evaluating the situation,” Crozer spokesperson Lori Bookbinder said in a text. “We will provide…
The plaintiffs have standing to sue — court. No, they don’t — appeals court.
Here’s yet one more case to note about standing and how cases may get dismissed before they even really get started. This case involved Syracuse ASC, LLC. In 2021, they experienced a cyberattack and notified 24,891 patients. A copy of their notification was posted to the Vermont Attorney General’s website at the time. In due…
Discovery at Home notifies patients after phishing incident
Discovery at Home provides senior home healthcare services to seniors in Florida and Texas. On July 31, they issued a website notice about a phishing incident they discovered on June 1. As they describe it, the scheme resulted in the transmittal of personal health information to an unauthorized third-party sender. Elements of personal information that may…
MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley provides notice of ransomware attack last November (1)
On December 22, 2022 DataBreaches added MHMR Authority of Brazos Valley to our non-public breach worksheet. Based on information at that time from Hive threat actors, it appeared that the non-profit Texas mental health and substance abuse treatment provider’s files had been locked on November 5. Their listing on Hive’s leak site was a sure…