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Dr Lal PathLabs, one of India’s largest blood test labs, exposed patient data

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Dissent

Zack Whittaker and Manish Singh report: Dr Lal PathLabs, one of the largest lab testing companies in India, left a huge cache of patient data on a public server for months, TechCrunch has learned. The lab testing giant, headquartered in New Delhi, serves some 70,000 patients a day, and quickly became a major player in testing…

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Medical data of 150 Toronto hospital patients allegedly used to extort money from company

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Dissent

Katherine DeClerq reports: A Toronto hospital says that roughly 150 patients have been impacted by a data breach after a third-party employee allegedly stole medical reports in an effort to extort money from their company after being let go. According to a letter sent on Sept. 30 by a privacy and information access specialist at Unity…

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MS: AAA Ambulance Service experienced ransomware attack

Posted on October 7, 2020 by Dissent

The Journal of Emergency Medical Services reports that AAA Ambulance Service in Mississippi was the target of an attempted ransomware attack over the summer. A notice posted on the ambulance service’s site explains that on or about July 1, they discovered an attempted attack, and took immediate steps to prevent the encryption of their systems…

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University Hospital Limerick writing to 630 patients after alleged major data breach which saw information posted on Twitter

Posted on October 6, 2020 by Dissent

David Raleigh reports: University Hospital Limerick (UHL) is in the process of sending letters to over 600 patients following an alleged major data breach concerning patient data, including details of 95 children, which was then posted on social media. Gardaí have also been informed of the alleged breach by a non-HSE employee. It’s alleged the…

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Clinical Trials Hit by Ransomware Attack on Health Tech Firm

Posted on October 4, 2020 by Dissent

Nicole Perlroth reports: A Philadelphia company that sells software used in hundreds of clinical trials, including the crash effort to develop tests, treatments and a vaccine for the coronavirus, was hit by a ransomware attack that has slowed some of those trials over the past two weeks. The attack on eResearchTechnology Inc., which has not…

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New Jersey hospital paid ransomware gang $670K to prevent data leak

Posted on October 3, 2020 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports: University Hospital New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey, paid a $670,000 ransomware demand this month to prevent the publishing of 240 GB of stolen data, including patient info. The attack on the hospital occurred in early September by a ransomware operation known as SunCrypt, who infiltrates a network, steals unencrypted files, and then…

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