Lisa Wachsmuth reports: A “cyber incident” at a Wollongong medical centre has patients concerned their records may be lost, or even illegally accessed. GPs at Ochre Health Wollongong have been unable to access their patients’ medical records for two weeks after the incident which has still not been resolved. A spokesperson for Ochre Health has moved…
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Hackers Breach Russian Bank and Steal $1 Million Due to Outdated Router
Solarquest reports: A notorious hacker group known as MoneyTaker has stolen roughly $1 million from a Russian bank after breaching its network via an outdated router. The victim of the hack is PIR Bank, which lost at least $920,000 in money it had stored in a corresponding account at the Bank of Russia. Group-IB, a…
Hackers stole data of PM Lee and 1.5 million patients in ‘major cyberattack’ on SingHealth
Today reports: In the biggest and most serious cyberattack yet on Singapore, hackers last month broke into SingHealth‘s IT systems to steal the data of 1.5 million patients and records of the outpatient medication given to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the authorities said on Friday (July 20). Read more on Today. Here is the…
Ruben U. Carvajal, MD Provides Notice to Individuals of Data Security Event
Ruben U. Carvajal, MD recently discovered an incident that may impact certain Ruben U. Carvajal, MD patient information. On January 3, 2018, Dr. Carvajal received a report that certain Ruben U. Carvajal, MD patient information may have been accessible on the internet. Upon receiving this report, Dr. Carvajal initiated an internal investigation and contacted the…
Thousands of patient records held for ransom in Ontario home care data breach, attackers claim
Matthew Braga, Lori Ward, Andrew Culbert report: The detailed medical histories and contact information of possibly tens of thousands of home-care patients in Ontario are allegedly being held for ransom by thieves who recently raided the computer systems of a health-care provider. CarePartners, which provides home medical care services on behalf of the Ontario government,…
Pennsylvania birth certificate system hacked; no records stolen
Steve Esack reports: The Pennsylvania Department of Health’s birth certificate system was shut down for nearly a week last month after someone hacked into an internal website but did not take or alter citizens records, a government spokesman said Friday. An investigation is continuing into the hack, said Dan Egan, spokesman for the Office of…