Nicole Fierro reports that in addition to the Springhill Medical Center, steel Blastech Mobile has also been crippled by a ransomware attack. According to an employee interviewed by NBC: “They actually told us we’ve been cyber attacked and somebody has money held over our CEO’s head,” they said, adding “I don’t know the exact amount…
Category: U.S.
AL: Officials can’t confirm county school system hack isn’t ransomware
Sable Riley reports: Mystery surrounds the malware attack on Houston County School servers, which officials could not confirm involves ransomware, through which hackers hold data hostage for a demanded ransom. Superintendent David Sewell said that teachers’ computers may not be available for use by the school start date, which has been delayed to Monday, Aug….
Data Breach Affects Wallingford Students
A bit more detail on an earlier report. Thanks to Doug Levin for keeping a sharp eye out for updates on this one. Rich Scinto reports: A third-party security breach exposed the personal information of some Wallingford students. Pearson Clinical Assessment notified the school district that names, dates of birth and email addresses were exposed…
Texas Man Facing 350 Years in Prison for Hacking Into L.A. Superior Court, Sending 2 Million Phishing Emails
So this seems a bit…. extreme. See what you think. Nouran Salahieh reports: A Texas man was found guilty Thursday of hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and then using it to send about 2 million phishing emails, the U.S. Department of Justice said. A jury found 33-year-old Oriyomi Sadiq Aloba guilty…
Puerto Rico: Two hospitals report ransomware incident potentially affecting more than 520,000 patients
Add Bayamón Medical Center and its affiliated Puerto Rico Women And Children’s Hospital to the list of ransomware victims. On July 19, the hospitals notified HHS and the public of a “recent” security incident that resulted in files being encrypted. No details were provided as to when this occurred, whether the hospitals paid any ransom, and…
KY: Park DuValle health center pays $70,000 ransom for patient records in cyberattack
Chris Otts reports on one of my nightmares that became a reality for a Kentucky center: Park DuValle Community Health Center, a nonprofit that runs medical clinics for low-income and uninsured patients in western Louisville and other areas, has paid hackers nearly $70,000 in hopes of unlocking the medical records of some 20,000 patients that…