Deanna Weniger reports: An infertility clinic in Woodbury announced Friday that it was the target of a malware attack in December that may have exposed the personal information of its clients. Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates said in a press release that the malware was discovered Dec. 5. The company hired computer forensics experts, who…
Category: Malware
FABEN Obstetrics and Gynecology notifies more than 6,000 patients after ransomware attack
On November 21, the FABEN OB/GYN practice in Florida got infected with GandCrab ransomware. They do not disclose how that happened, but the problem was detected quickly. To mitigate any damage or risk, FABEN decided to delete the infected files and restore files from backups. But they didn’t have backups of all files. Any files…
‘Worst’ Ransomware Attack Hits Salisbury Police Department in Maryland
NBC Washington reports: A Maryland police department says it experienced its “worst computer network attack” in its history, after the attacker accessed its network through a longtime software vendor. Salisbury police Capt. Rich Kaiser tells The Daily Times of Salisbury that the department’s entire internal computer network was compromised Jan. 9 in a ransomware attack….
Alaska notifying at least 500,000 residents about data security breach previously disclosed in June
Update: The state subsequently revised its estimate to 87,000 letters. How did it get the numbers so wrong — apart from the question of why it has taken so long to send out notifications. This does NOT inspire confidence in the state’s ability to protect ePHI and to notify people promptly in the event…
New Rumba STOP Ransomware Being Installed by Software Cracks
Lawrence Abrams reports: The STOP ransomware has seen very heavy distribution over the last month using adware installers disguised as cracks. This campaign continues with a new variant released over the past few days that appends the .rumba extension to the names of encrypted files. Using adware bundles and software cracks as a new distribution method, STOP…
Graeter’s: Website breach could compromise 12,000 customers’ credit card data
WLWT reports: Cincinnati-based Graeter’s ice cream has issued notices to thousands of customers: Your credit card information may be compromised. The ice cream chain sent out 12,000 notices to customers who made purchases on Graeter’s website last year, saying that an “unauthorized code” was added to the website’s checkout page. As a result, thousands of…