Over on Suspect File, Marco A. De Felice has an exclusive on an attack by Medusa on Levare International, formerly known as Borets International. Levare, headquartered in Dubai, is a manufacturer of artificial lifts and submersible pumps used by the oil and gas industry. Its U.S. headquarters is in Houston, Texas. Suspect File reports that…
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One year later, Tift Regional Medical Center notifies patients of Hive attack
In September 2022, DataBreaches broke the story of how Hive had attacked Tift Regional Medical Center in Georgia between July and August. The attack did not involve encryption of systems but Hive claimed to have exfiltrated about 1 TB of data, including files with protected health information. On October 14, Tift notified HHS of an…
IN: Cummins Behavioral Health Systems discovers cyberattack when it finds ransom note
Sometime between Feb. 2 and March 9 of this year, Cummins Behavioral Health Systems (CBHS) in Indiana became a victim of a cyberattack. CBHS is a private not-for-profit organization providing behavioral health services in Boone, Hendricks, Marion, Montgomery, Putnam, and surrounding counties in Central and West Central Indiana. It provides care to persons of all…
US cyber body to review cloud computing safety, Microsoft breach
Reuters reports: August 11 — A U.S. cyber safety body will review issues relating to cloud-based identity and authentication infrastructure that will include an assessment of a recent Microsoft (MSFT.O) breach that led to the theft of emails from U.S. government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Friday. The review by the Cyber…
Ransomware attack continues to disrupt two Connecticut hospital systems
CT Post reports: A ransomware attack continued to disrupt some services Friday at two Connecticut health care systems owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. Eastern Connecticut Health Network, which operates Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, and Waterbury Health, which operates Waterbury Hospital, reported on their websites Friday that some services and locations…
Florida Healthy Kids notified by Maximus of MOVEit breach
Florida Healthy Kids is a state-created entity that provides health and dental insurance for Florida children aged 5-18. On Friday, they joined the unhappy ranks of those affected by the MOVEit breach that has affected more than 600 organizations already. In this case, it was their vendor, Maximus, who issued the notification. The number of…