Andrea DeField and Matthew J. Revis of Hunton Andrews Kurth write: While America was tuned into the big game, one California insurance broker faced its own treacherous showdown in the form of a putative class action filed on February 8, 2024 stemming from a data breach. With cyber incidents still on the rise, this is a story…
Category: Health Data
Grace Lutheran Communities attacked by BlackCat; employee and resident data acquired
Grace Lutheran Foundation, which does business as Grace Lutheran Communities in Wisconsin, offers a variety of services including rehabilitation services, assisted living, skilled nursing, independent living, adult day services, and childcare. On February 9, they posted a notice about a data breach they discovered on January 22, 2024. They emphasized that there was no indication…
Ukrainian man pleads guilty in cyberattack that temporarily disrupted major Vermont hospital
AP reports: A Ukrainian man has pleaded guilty to involvement in two separate malware schemes including a cyberattack at the University of Vermont Medical Center in 2020 that temporarily shut down some of its vital services and cost it tens of millions of dollars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Vyacheslav Igorevich Penchukov, also…
‘I am deeply troubled’: Data breach impacts clients at Lanark County family services organization
Austin Lee reports: Family and Children’s Services of Lanark, Leeds and Grenville (FCSLLG) once again finds itself dealing with a privacy breach. At least four people have been contacted by FCSLLG, informing them that they or a child in their care may have been impacted by a “data security incident.” CTV News has obtained a…
Update on INTEGRIS Health data breach: incident response criticized by patients
In December, INTEGRIS Health disclosed a cyberattack in November in which threat actors contacted patients directly to extort them when INTEGRIS wouldn’t pay their demands. DataBreaches subsequently reported additional details. On February 6, INTEGRIS updated its breach notice. The updated website notice incorporates the kind of language that advocates for transparency and data protection may…
Health NZ notifying around 12k people impacted by data breach
1News reports: Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has begun the process of notifying around 12,000 individuals who were impacted by the alleged unauthorised data release by a former staff member. Barry Young, 56, has denied accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes. Health NZ chief executive Margie Apa said the first group being contacted…