Whitefish School District in Montana recently reported a data breach they discovered on March 11. An investigation discovered that an employee’s computer had been accessible to an attacker because the employee had fallen for a social engineering scam. As a result, a system containing personal information was open and accessible to the attacker. That system…
Category: U.S.
Details on the Weatherford ISD data breach
DataBreaches.net has received the following statement from Charlotte LaGrone, Executive Director of Communications for Weatherford ISD, concerning the breach DataBreaches.net reported yesterday: Weatherford ISD Statement on Data Breach The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in our care is one of our highest priorities. Despite multiple layers of processes and procedures to prevent a data…
Five ransomware groups, five victims… will it ever ease up?
The following is a snapshot of recent attacks on U.S. healthcare entities by ransomware teams. #1 First Choice Community Healthcare – Hive Hive threat actors have never sworn off attacking the healthcare sector. In addition to claiming that they attacked the Partnership HealthPlan of California on March 19 (an attack that has impacted PHPC’s functioning),…
Would Sea Mar Community Health even know about large patient data dumps if not for DataBreaches.net?
The chronology of Sea Mar Community Health Center’s responses to a massive data breach suggests that they may be first learning of data dumps because of notifications by DataBreaches.net or this site’s reporting of our discoveries. If true, what does that say about their security and incident response? A DataBreaches.net commentary. Since 2021, DataBreaches.net has…
MO: Tague Family Practice patient records stolen and leaked
Tague Family Practice (TFP) in St. Louis, Missouri is a primary care practice that strives to maintain the traditional care model of a doctor who spends time getting to know you and providing preventative care as well as care for acute problems or chronic conditions. On some date unknown to DataBreaches.net, the practice fell victim…
Kalispell hospital sued for patient data breach
Edward O’Brien reports: A Montana hospital is being sued for a data breach last year that compromised the personal information of over 200,000 patients. The lawsuit filed last month in Flathead County District Court alleges Kalispell-based Logan Health Medical Center lacked adequate cybersecurity to prevent the breach of patient names, phone numbers and insurance information….