Stormous Ransomware added Cameron Memorial Community Hospital in Indiana to their leak site today and posted a pointer to it on their Telegram channel. Then they appeared to regret their actions, posting the following only minutes later: We are writing to express our sincerest apologies for the recent ransomware attack on hospital IT systems. We…
Category: Malware
Employee and patient files from Montgomery General Hospital leaked by ransomware group
An email DataBreaches received yesterday from an unrecognized account contained just one line – a link to a new listing on the D#nut Leaks ransomware group’s leak site about Montgomery General Hospital (MGH) in West Virginia. MGH is part of the Montgomery General Health Care System, Inc., which includes the hospital, Montgomery General Elderly Care, Montgomery…
Alabama’s Jefferson County School System victim of ransomware attack during Spring Break
WBRC reports: A ransomware attack targeted the Jefferson County School System in Alabama over Spring Break. A news release states the district’s technology team took immediate steps to stop the attack and notified state and local authorities. Preliminary investigations have not revealed any evidence of a breach of sensitive personally identifiable information. However, the district…
Today’s “Don’t Say ‘Ransomware’ Award” goes to….
DataBreaches probably sounds like a broken record after six years of calls for more transparency in breach notifications. Sadly, the situation has gotten worse in the past year. Not only do entities fail to admit they suffered a ransomware attack, but they fail to inform patients if the patient’s protected health information was leaked or…
Attacked by Vice Society earlier this month, Lewis & Clark finds files with personal information have now been leaked
It appears that Lewis & Clark in Oregon has been the victim of a ransomware attack by Vice Society. An urgent notice on the college’s website currently says: Urgent LC Alert: Campus phone service and PioNet Guest Wifi are working. If you are unable to reach Campus Safety at 503-768-7777, call the backup number at…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
ES: Secondary education center hit by Stormous After several months out of the public eye, the pro-Russian Stormous Ransomware group reappeared in February. Now they have claimed an attack on a secondary education center, the Instituto De Educación Secundaria Ies Emilio Canalejo Olmeda (IESCO) in Cordoba, Spain. On March 30, Stormous listed the entity in…