ANI reports: Safdarjung Hospital officials on Saturday said the hospital was under a cyber-attack, but the damage was not as severe as it had been for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital. A hospital spokesperson indicated that this was not a ransomware attack. Read more at Times of India.
Category: Health Data
‘We weren’t ready’ — Inside St. Michael Medical Center during October cyberattack outages
Nathan Pilling reports: In early October, a fresh batch of troubles arrived at St. Michael Medical Center. They would first be linked to an “IT security incident.” It would eventually be acknowledged by the hospital’s parent organization, CommonSpirit Health – one of the largest nonprofit health care systems in the country – that the group…
In: Hackers Selling Personal Data Of 150,000 Patients From a Tamil Nadu Hospital in Supply-Chain Attack
Bharat Sharma reports: After a cyberattack on AIIMS knocked out its servers, a threat actor is selling medical records of patients of a Tamil Nadu-based multispecialty hospital. A report released by CloudSEK claims that patient data of Sree Saran Medical Centre is on sale by a threat actor. On November 22, 2022, CloudSEK discovered a post…
Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
UY: Ministry of Transport and Public Works victim of ransomware attack Uruguay’s Ministry of Transport and Public Works (MTOP) was hit by a ransomware attack on October 17. On November 9, MTOP reported that it was back to normal after the ransomware attack, adding that it had recovered critical information and restored the affected services….
Privacy breach reported by Manitoba Health
Charles Lefebvre reports: Manitoba Health says a privacy breach that happened earlier this week following a break-in at a facility compromised some people’s personal health information. According to a statement from the province, the break-in took place at the Manitoba Health Appeal Board office on Portage Avenue on Nov. 29, with the province noting confidential…
New Zealand health insurer Accuro says it’s been hacked, can’t rule out customers’ data being accessed
NewsHub reports: The company said in a statement there was not yet evidence of personal health data being compromised but it could not be ruled out. “Our IT provider is working with their own forensic experts and Government agencies to understand the nature and extent of the impact. We have also notified the relevant regulatory authorities including…