Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: More than 100 medical associations and industry groups representing tens of thousands of U.S. doctors and healthcare professionals have banded together to urge federal regulators to hold Change Healthcare responsible for breach notifications related to a massive February ransomware attack. The groups in a letter Monday asked the U.S. Department of Health and…
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More than one year later, New Jersey school district reveals data breach with sensitive info
NJ 101.5 FM reports: A Monmouth County school district hid details about a cyber-attack for over a year. Only now are they revealing student’s sensitive personal data was compromised. Officials at Shore Regional High School District in West Long Branch began notifying families on Friday. On Monday they issued a public statement. […] Shore Regional…
Fi: Hacker could have personal information of every schoolkid in Helsinki, City says
YLE News reports: The perpetrator of a major hacking of the City of Helsinki’s education division’s database could have accessed the personal information of all compulsory school aged children in the capital, as well as their parents or guardians, the city has revealed in a press release. City authorities announced last week that the data breach affected about…
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service notifies more than 850,000 patients of cyberattack last year
Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service, Inc. {“Superior”) has locations in five states: Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin. On May 10, they notified HHS of an incident affecting 858,238 patients. A notice on their website explains that they discovered unusual activity in their network in May 2023. “On June 23, 2023, the investigation determined that an…
FTC Finalizes Order with Blackbaud Related to Allegations the Firm’s Security Failures Led to Data Breach
The Federal Trade Commission has finalized an order against Blackbaud Inc. settling allegations that its lax security practices allowed a hacker to breach the company’s network and access the personal data of millions of consumers including Social Security and bank account numbers. In a complaint first announced in February 2024, the FTC charged that the South Carolina firm,…
Mosaic Mental Health notifies patients of breach
On September 25, 2023, Riverdale Mental Health d/b/a Mosaic Mental Health (“MOSAIC”) notified HHS of an incident that affected 7,281 patients. The incident was coded as a “hacking/IT incident” involving their network, but no further details were available at the time. On April 3, more than six months later, they sent out notification letters. Massachusetts…