We are still first learning about Blackbaud clients impacted by their ransomware attack more than one year ago. We knew about some of the following, but not all. WGME reports: A Maine hospital says some patient information may have been stolen by hackers. Northern Light Health says information from its fundraising arm was also exposed….
Category: Health Data
OR: Southeast Health Center break-in compromises personal information of about 700 people
Multnomah County in Oregon is notifying some applicants for the Oregon Health Plan whose information may have been accessed during a break-in. The break-in occurred while the Health Center was closed for construction on August 4. Files in the cabinets included applicant records with name, date of birth, address, email address, Social Security number, insurance…
Ottawa Hospital apologizes to unvaccinated staff for privacy breach
CBC reports: The Ottawa Hospital has apologized to unvaccinated staff after an email was sent out offering a vaccine education session with each recipient’s name visible to others. The email was sent from one of the hospital’s software systems and recalled immediately, the hospital said in a statement emailed to CBC, adding all copies of the email…
PA: Indian Creek Foundation Provides notification ransomware incident
Indian Creek Foundation provides services to 1,200 youth and adults with intellectual disabilities and Autism. The following is a press release they have issued: SOUDERTON, Pa., Sept. 13, 2021 — On February 6, 2021, ICF discovered that portions of its computer network were infected with malware that encrypted certain systems. ICF promptly took the affected systems…
TX: Medical provider waited months to send patients letters about ransomware attack
This is a follow-up to an incident first reported on this site back in May. Jeremy Rogalski reports: HOUSTON — A local health care provider attacked by a ransomware virus did not send letters to patients informing them of the data breach for months, KHOU 11 Investigates has confirmed. Gastroenterology Consultants mailed notices to more than 161,000…
UAE: Moorfields Eye Hospital in Dubai sees more staff and patient data dumped
In August, threat actors calling themselves AvosLocker announced that they had attacked Moorfields NHS UK & Dubai. DataBreaches.net’s investigation at that point indicated that the data they provided as proof came from the Dubai hospital and did not involve any UK personnel or patients. In a statement to this site, Moorfields confirmed that there had…