On July 12, threat actors known as Hunters International added Betances Health Center in New York to their leak site. On July 25, they leaked what they claim is almost 125 GB of information consisting of 361,564 files. Betances Health Center describes itself as offering a full range of primary care and preventive services, as…
The Jersey Evening Post reported: More than 10,000 appointments have been cancelled at the two London NHS trusts that were worst affected by a cyber attack earlier this summer, new figures have revealed. Pathology services provider Synnovis was the victim of a ransomware attack by Russian cyber gang Qilin on June 3. An update from…
Connor Lynch reports: The Belfast Trust is currently investigating a data breach at a mental health unit after pictures were taken of patients’ details through the window of an office. The incident took place at the Rathlin Outpatients ward of the Knockbracken Health Centre when someone entered the grounds and took pictures through an open…
The following statement by the Information Commissioner’s Office concerns a devastating 2022 ransomware attack by LockBit3.0 on Advanced Computer Software Group (“Advanced”), an IT vendor for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS). Here is the ICO’s statement about Advanced: We have provisionally decided to fine Advanced Computer Software Group Ltd (Advanced) £6.09m, following an initial…
Although DataBreaches does not report on all incidents involving U.S. healthcare entities, a log is kept to calculate statistics for the annual Breach Barometer report produced by Protenus, Inc. For the month of July, DataBreaches noted the following six U.S. hospitals disclosed breaches or were claimed as victims by threat actors. Some of these incidents…
Lee Griffi reports on a hospital breach in Ontario: Woodstock Hospital officials have now released a few details about a reported privacy breach that occurred between January and May of this year. The hospital released a statement on social media late last week and has also sent letters to 56 patients who reportedly had their…