Team Huntress writes: In a concerning development within the healthcare sector, Huntress has identified a series of unauthorized access that signifies internal reconnaissance and preparation for additional threat actor activity against multiple healthcare organizations. The attackers abused a locally hosted instance of a widely-used remote access tool, ScreenConnect—utilized by the company Transaction Data Systems (which…
Category: U.S.
Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside hit by cybersecurity attack
Paul Sisson reports: Tri-City Medical Center is diverting ambulance traffic to other hospitals Thursday as it copes with a cybersecurity attack that has forced it to declare “an internal disaster” as workers scramble to contain the damage and protect patient records. The Oceanside facility’s management confirmed the situation in a brief statement, indicating that the…
Ransomware attack under investigation at Pulaski County Public Schools
The district’s Facebook notice on November 7: Dear Pulaski County Public Schools Community: Pulaski County Public Schools has unfortunately become the victim of a cybercriminal attack. On Sunday, we discovered irregularities in our systems. PCPS immediately retained outside experts to launch a forensic investigation and help secure our servers. We now know that this is…
Personal information breached in data security incident, Butler County says
Sierra Rehm reports: Butler Couty is notifying the public of a data security incident where someone gained access to personally identifiable information. The county said federal authorities alerted them to suspicious activity on its computer network at the start of October. By the end of October, it determined there was unauthorized access to personally identifiable…
Optum medical group in New York reports service disruption
Laura Dyrda Crystal Run Healthcare in Middletown, N.Y., told patients to expect longer wait times than usual amid a system interruption affecting some services, according to the medical group’s website. Mid Hudson News reported Nov. 3 that Crystal Run experienced a service disruption. “We are working diligently to resolve these issues,” the medical group wrote on its…
Attorney General James Secures $450,000 from US Radiology Specialists for failing to protect patient data
The following press release from the NYS Attorney General’s Office relates to an incident previously noted on DataBreaches.net. The Assurance of Discontinuance provides details on the breach not previously known to this site and serves as a reminder of the need to timely update and patch. NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James…