When DataBreaches.net spotted a dump with data from the Waikato DHB ransomware incident on a new dark web leak site, we wondered whether it was the data originally provided to journalists as proof or if this was a larger dump. It now appears to be a larger dump. Laura James reports: Waikato DHB’s tonight confirmed…
Category: Health Data
Portugal: Cyberattack on Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo Impacting Notification of COVID-19 Test Results
The Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada was hit with a cyberattack that was detected on June 24. As of today, the hospital is still working to recover from the attack while prioritizing notifying people who tested positive for COVID-19 in recent tests. Those who tested negative have experienced delays in notification. In…
UK: I was fired for telling ICO of Serco track and trace data breach, claims sacked worker
Gareth Corfield reports: A British coronavirus contact tracer who has said she was sacked from Serco for blowing the whistle on a data breach had part of her legal case thrown out because she was working for a mini umbrella company and not Serco itself, a judge has ruled. The woman, named by Bristol Employment…
Bits ‘n Pieces
Aultman Health Foundation Notifying Patients of Insider-Wrongdoing The Ohio foundation is notifying approximately 7,000 patients that a former employee accessed their records without business need. HOYA Optical Labs of America Notifying Patients of Ransomware Incident As first reported by HealthITSecurity, the Japanese-headquartered firm notified 3,259 U.S. patients of a ransomware incident. The incident occurred in…
HSE seeks order to help find who uploaded or downloaded files stolen in cyberattack
Ann O’Loughlin reports: Over 20 people either uploaded or downloaded confidential information stolen in last month’s cyberattack on the HSE onto a web service provided by a Google-owned internet security firm, the High Court has heard. Mr Justice Tony O’Connor was told on Friday that late last month approximately 27 files stolen from the HSE…
Ca: Hay River health authority warns of potential privacy breach after break-in at local hospital
CBC News reports: There’s been another apparent break-in at a Hay River, N.W.T., health facility, according to the Hay River Health and Social Services Authority, and this time, there may have been a privacy breach. During the early morning hours on Monday, there was a break and enter at H.H. Williams Memorial Hospital, a Thursday…