Updated Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:30 pm ET — As previously disclosed on September 29, 2020, we experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result of this cyberattack, we suspended user access to our information technology applications related to operations located in the United States. While…
Category: Health Data
Cyberattack causes ‘significant’ UVM Health Network technology outage
AP and NBC report from Vermont: The University of Vermont Health Network is experiencing a systemwide network disruption following a cyberattack Wednesday. Six hospitals throughout Vermont and northern New York are being affected by a “significant and ongoing system-wide network issue,” said spokesperson Neal Goswami. The group has not confirmed an exact timeline for restoring…
Data breach involving personal information reported at Rady Children’s Hospital
Dillon Davis reports Rady Children’s Hospital has disclosed that some patient data was impacted by the Blackbaud ransomware incident earlier this year: Those files contained personal information including names, addresses, physicians, department of service, procedure name and date of births, the hospital said. Read more on FOX5. The hospital did not disclose the number of…
Dozens of patient records dumped in St. Louis industrial area
Erin Richey reports that someone found boxes of patient records belonging to DaVita Florissant Dialysis on West Florissant Avenue. “Found names, Social Security numbers, addresses, lab reports, entire medical history of people and personal information,” he said. “ Read more on KSDK. According to the report, because Missouri does not regulate dialysis clinics, the state department…
Ca: Cyber attack hits Jewish General’s IT network, but no ransomware demand
Aaron Derfel reports: The Jewish General Hospital and its sister institutions in the west end are scrambling to contain what appears to be a computer virus that struck its information technology systems Wednesday evening. Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, executive director of the health authority in charge of the Jewish General, denied it was a ransomware attack,…
College Community School District notifies parents of Medicaid billing service breach
DataBreaches.net has previously noted a breach involving a Medicaid billing service that school districts use. Timberline Billing Service, LLC has not responded to this site’s inquiries (yet). Today, this site also reached out to College Community School District, one of the almost 200 Iowa school district that use Timberline. No reply has been received from…