The following press release gives no indication as to how many patients were impacted, or what the employee’s motivation might have been. Was this just a curiosity/snooping situation, or was there some other motive? ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — This news release is being issued to provide notice about a medical records privacy incident…
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MD: Ransomware impacted Greater Baltimore Medical Center’s information technology systems
Theo Hayes reports: Computer systems were down Sunday at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center due to ransomware, 11 News has learned. GBMC released a statement, saying: “On the morning of Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, GBMC HealthCare detected a ransomware incident that impacted information technology systems. Although many of our systems are down, GBMC HealthCare has…
AT: Corona mass tests: Cyber attack and data breach paralyzed website
Josef Gebhard reports (translated): On Wednesday midnight, the website of the Ministry of Health went online, where you can register for the corona mass tests. For now, the offer is only available for Vienna, where the tests will start at three locations next Friday. But just a few hours after www.österreich-testet.at started , the first problems arose . Numerous users complained…
Update on Dyras Dental ransomware attack
On September 24, DataBreaches.net contacted Dyras Dental in Lansing, Michigan to ask about Egregor threat actors’ claim that they had attacked them and exfiltrated data. Dyras Dental did not respond to that contact or to my subsequent DM to them on Twitter. On October 5, not seeing anything on Dyras Dental’s web site or Twitter…
Tennessee Proton Therapy Centers Report Cyber Security Breach
Martin Z. Braun reports: Municipal bond-financed facilities that treat cancer by proton radiation in Nashville and Knoxville, Tennessee reported an information technology “security incident” that has resulted in temporary but continuing disruptions to some clinical and financial operations, according to a Dec. 2 bond filing. Read more on Bloomberg Law (sub. req.). From the bond filing:…
Proposed settlement announced in Kalispell Regional Healthcare breach lawsuit
In October, 2019, Kalispell Regional Health suffered a phishing incident that impacted more than 100,000 patients. They were sued shortly thereafter. Today, a proposed settlement of the class action lawsuit was announced. The settlement has yet to be approved and the class hasn’t been certified yet for purposes of the suit. That is all scheduled…