On February 4, DataBreaches.net reached out to Nocona General Hospital (NGH) in Texas about an attack claimed by Conti threat actors the previous day. The hospital did not respond. On February 7, this site emailed NGH, writing, in part, “I see that Conti threat actors have dumped files that they claimed they copied and stole…
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Cyber attack has caused ‘enormous risk’ – HSE official
RTÉ reports: The Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Adviser for Acute Operations has said there is an “enormous risk” across health services following the cyber attack last week which forced a shutdown of the HSE’s IT systems. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Vida Hamilton said it is a “major disaster” and described it as…
Health Plan of San Joaquin notifying more than 420,000 of email hack last year
On or about October 12, Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ) learned of unusual activity affecting its email system. On October 23, 2020, the investigation determined that an unknown person(s) had accessed a number of HPSJ employee email accounts between September 26, 2020 and October 12, 2020. Yesterday, HPSJ sent out notifications and notified the…
Former Wenatchee Valley Medical Group physician charged with Confluence Health computer intrusion
Jefferson Robbins reports: A Wenatchee physician faces charges of domestic violence and felony counts including witness tampering and computer trespass, after allegedly abusing his spouse and unlawfully using Confluence Health computer systems to access her private medical information. Dr. Tyler Howard Buckley, 37, was summoned to Chelan County Superior Court Tuesday on a charge of…
Updating: CaptureRx incident impacted more than 2.4 million. List of Entities.
Update as of July 13, 2021: The total number impacted has been updated by NEC Networks to 2,420,141. For the past two months, DataBreaches.net has been tracking reports involving NEC Networks, LLC d/b/a CaptureRx. CaptureRx is a specialty pharmacy benefits manager whose services include prescription claims processing, patient assistance program administration, and public health service…
Wyoming Health Director, Tech Officer Quit After Data Leak
Mead Gruver of AP reports: Wyoming’s health director and chief information officer have resigned after a data leak involving the personal information of tens of thousands of people who were tested for the coronavirus. A state Department of Health employee working with computer code accidentally released COVID-19 test results, as well as blood alcohol test…