In what may be the first report I’ve seen of a hospital having their EMR server hit with cryptocurrency mining software, Decatur County General Hospital in Parsons, Tennessee started notifying 24,000 patients on January 26. A substitute notice on their web site explains: On November 27, 2017, we received a security incident report from our EMR…
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TN: Smith Dental notifies HHS of ransomware attack affecting 1,500
On January 22, Robert Smith, DMD, PC in Tennessee reported a breach to HHS. The report indicated that 1,500 patients were impacted by a hacking/IT incident involving their network. A Google search indicated that the practice was likely to be “Smith Dental” in Tennessee. But I could find no press release or statement on their…
Latvian National Pleads Guilty to “Scareware” Hacking Scheme That Targeted Minneapolis Star Tribune Website
A Latvian man pleaded guilty today in Minneapolis for participating in a lucrative “scareware” hacking scheme that targeted visitors to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s website. Acting Assistant Attorney General John P. Cronan of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Brooker of the District of Minnesota and Special Agent in Charge Richard T….
Uber says hackers behind 2016 data breach were in Canada, Florida
Dustin Volz reports: The two people who hacked ride-hailing firm Uber’s data in 2016 were in Canada and Florida at the time, a company security executive told a U.S. congressional committee on Tuesday. But I love this line in his testimony: “We made a misstep in not reporting to consumers, and we made a misstep…
12 UNC employees’ personal information comprised in cybersecurity breach
Tommy Wood reports: The private information of 12 University of Northern Colorado employees was compromised last week after an “unknown person or group” accessed their profiles on Ursa, UNC’s online portal, according to a release from the university. Whoever is responsible for the breach tried to log in to the employees’ Ursa accounts, then used…
NSA exploits leaked by hackers tweaked to work on all versions of Windows since 2000
Mark Wycislik-Wilson writes: A trio of NSA exploits leaked by hacking group TheShadowBrokers has been ported to work on all versions of Windows since Windows 2000. The EternalChampion, EternalRomance and EternalSynergy exploits were made public by the group last year, and now a security researcher has tweaked the source code so they will run on…