WNYT reports: The city of Gloversville’s computer system was hit by a ransomware attack, which compromised the personal information of employees past and present. The attack was discovered by the finance commissioner back in March, the city announced on Saturday. There was a ransomware note on the server. Gloversville reported the attack to the FBI….
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ModMed revealed they were victims of a cyberattack in July. Then some data showed up for sale.
Modernizing Medicine (“ModMed”) is a healthcare technology firm that provides Electronic Health Records (EHR) and practice management software to many HIPAA-covered entities. ModMed recently announced that on July 29, it discovered unauthorized activity in some of its computer servers. The servers in question contained data from some of ModMed’s podiatry clients, and the data was…
Protected health information of 462,000 members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana involved in Conduent data breach
WVNews reports that personal and protected health information of 462,000 Montanans was involved in a significant data breach experienced by Conduent Business Services from October 2024 to January 2025. The state’s Insurance and Securities Commission wants to know why Blue Cross Blue Shield of Montana (BCBSMT) didn’t notify the state sooner. The breach came to…
TX: Kaufman County Faces Cybersecurity Attack: Courthouse Computer Operations Disrupted
Rachel Means reports on what sounds like a cyberattack with encryption: Kaufman County officials have confirmed that the county experienced a “security incident” on October 20, disrupting access to certain courthouse computer systems and employee files. While the county has not released details on the cause, InForney can confirm that some computers at the courthouse are infected, and some employees…
Attorney General James Announces Settlement with Wojeski & Company Accounting Firm
Wojeski & Company suffered a ransomware attack, and then an insider breach when an employee of a firm hired to investigate the breach inappropriately accessed data. Employees were also transmitting data to external accounts without authorization. To make things even worse, the accounting firm took more than a year to notify those affected. From a…
JFL Lost Up to $800,000 Weekly After Cyberattack, CEO Says No Patient or Staff Data Was Compromised
Juan F. Luis Hospital CEO Darlene A. Baptiste says no personal data was stolen in the April cyberattack that forced the hospital offline for months, causing major billing delays, financial losses, and a massive system rebuild now nearly complete. Ernice Gilbert reports: The April cyberattack that crippled the Juan F. Luis Hospital’s electronic systems cost the facility…