Mark Friedman reports: After dealing with the financial effects of COVID-19, hospitals are facing a new threat: lawsuits following cyberattacks. Since January, four lawsuits have been filed against both Howard Memorial Hospital of Nashville and against the Mena Hospital Commission, which operates as the Mena Regional Health System. The lawsuits allege the hospitals were negligent…
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Au: Skin cancer survey hack may have ‘compromised’ personal details, Medicare numbers of participants
Danny Tran reports: Australia’s biggest skin cancer study has been hit by an unpublicised data breach, with the personal details of more than 1,000 people feared to have been accessed by hackers. The ABC can reveal cyber criminals last year broke into servers holding highly sensitive data collected by QIMR Berghofer, a medical research institute…
What is the cost of not purging data or moving it offline, Sunday edition
Maybe one day, a law or regulation will require entities to purge old data that is no longer needed or requires it to be disconnected from the internet. If anyone needs a fresh example of why we need that type of law or regulation, here it is: Richard T. Miller, DMD, PC, d/b/a Great Neck/Mid…
Largest Crypto ATM manufacturer hacked over security hitch- Over $1.5m bitcoin (BTC) Stolen
Olivia Brooke reports: General Bytes, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency automated teller machine (ATM) manufacturers, experienced a security breach on the 17th and 18th of March. The hacker went on to liquidate 56.28 Bitcoins, which was valued at a staggering $1.5 million at the time of the attack. The stolen Bitcoins were taken from cryptocurrency ATM operators…
Website intrusion attempt: India’s Department of Health seeks help from Chot-In
PiPa reports: India’s Computer Emergency Response Team (CHOT-IN) has been asked to investigate the alleged hacking of the Health Department’s website by a Russian group The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CHOT-IN) has been asked to investigate the alleged hacking of the Health Department’s website by a Russian team. . CloudSEK, a cyber security company,…
El Camino Health investigating claims of a data breach
El Camino Health is investigating a possible data breach involving patient data, but whose breach is it? On February 22, DataBreaches received a tip about a listing offering patient data allegedly from El Camino Health in California. The listing was not on any of the usual leak sites, markets, or forums, and the poster was…