Joseph Ostapiuk reports: Richmond University Medical Center (RUMC) in West Brighton experienced a recent ransomware attack that has triggered an ongoing network outage at the hospital, an official said. The extent of the breach, which has crippled online services at the over-470 bed facility, is not currently clear. The hospital is now working to both…
Category: U.S.
A harbinger of bad things to come?
Seen on the AlphV/BlackCat leak site today: ResultsCX | The result of many unknown breaches? 5/11/2023, 9:03:10 PM We have numerous accounts to share about how our organization was able to gain initial access to various fortune 100 companies using the ResultsCX network and credentials. Interestingly, these companies are completely unaware that we have accessed…
Brightly warns of SchoolDude data breach exposing credentials
Sergiu Gatlan reports: U.S. tech company and Siemens subsidiary Brightly Software is notifying customers that their personal information and credentials were stolen by attackers who gained access to the database of its SchoolDude online platform. SchoolDude is a cloud-based platform for managing work orders used by over 7,000 colleges, universities, and K-12 schools from school…
Methodist Family Health discloses breach potentially involving sensitive info on children
On May 3, Methodist Family Health (MFH) in Arkansas notified HHS that 5,259 patients were affected by a breach. On their website, MFH posted a notice on the same day. It begins: Methodist Family Health (“MFH”) experienced a data breach on March 4, 2023, that was first detected on March 6, 2023. After a thorough…
More breach news from the U.S. healthcare sector
A small roundup of incidents from the past 24 hours, including some dark web disclosures Uintah Basin Healthcare notifies patients of data breach discovered in November Uintah Basin Healthcare (“UBH”) in Utah became aware of unusual activity in their network on November 7, 2022. They are first notifying patients who received care at UBH between…
NC: Gaston College still investigating February cyberattack; personal information stolen still being determined
Taylor Young reports: Gaston College is a victim of a ransomware attack that prompted the school to take critical systems offline for caution. A college spokesperson said the it discovered the security issue Feb. 22. The school provided alternative links for students and staff, so campus operations and classes could continue. […] Two weeks ago, those…