On August 6, media in Colorado reported that the City of Lafayette had paid $45,000 to get a decryption key following a ransomware attack. On August 24, the city published a notification about the incident: This public notice is intended to advise residents, employees, and customers of an incident involving a cyberattack on the City…
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CO: Mental Health Partners discloses email hack potentially compromised employee and patient data
Mental Health Partners (also known as “Mental Health Center of Boulder County Inc.) issued a press release this week about an employee email account compromise discovered in late March. An investigation revealed that the personal information of some MHP clients and current and former employees may have been accessed or taken during the incident. The…
TX: Dozens of boxes of medical records found at Odessa Recycling Center
Joshua Skinner reports: Over two dozen boxes of old medical records containing personal patient information were found at the Odessa Recycling Center over the weekend. How old medical records from West Texas Orthopedics came to be sitting out in the open at the recycling center this past weekend isn’t clear, nor is who’s to blame….
“Blue Leaks” data breach also affected SD COVID-19 patients
Angela Kennecke reports: The so called “BlueLeaks” data breach, which compromised the information of hundreds of thousands of law enforcement officers across the nation in June, has a whole new twist tonight that involves South Dakota and people who tested positive for COVID-19. KELOLAND Investigates has obtained a letter sent by the director of the…
University of Utah pays $457,000 to ransomware gang
Catalin Cimpanu reports: The University of Utah revealed today that it paid a ransomware gang $457,059 in order to avoid having hackers leak student information online. The incident is the latest in a long string of ransomware attacks where criminal groups steal sensitive files from the hacked companies before encrypting their files; and in case…
Baugo Community Schools dealing with cyber attack
WNDU in Indiana reports that the unnamed ISP for Baugo Community Schools has been the target of cyberattacks that began Monday morning. Officials say no Baugo Community Schools data has been compromised. However, the cyber attacks have disrupted virtual learning. Read more on WNDU.