Earlier today, DataBreaches reported that MCNA Dental allegedly suffered a cyberattack involving patient data. According to the threat actor who claimed responsibility for the attack (Everest Ransom Team), this incident was totally unrelated to a February 2023 ransomware attack by LockBit that was supposedly leaked in April 2023. In May 2023, MCNA Dental reported that…
Category: Health Data
Everything old is new again? MCNA Dental allegedly suffers second big data breach of PHI
The Everest Ransomware Team has a new post on their leak site: Company has the last 24 hours to contact us using the instructions left.In case of silence, all data will be published More than 1 million personal EMR’s + different internal company documents But was this a new incident or were they just trying…
NJ: The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center discloses July attack by Meow Leaks
On September 6, The Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Center posted a substitute notice on its website about an incident in July that affected patients at their New Jersey and New York locations. The attack by Meow Leaks reportedly resulted in the threat actors accessing some protected health information (PHI) of an undisclosed number of patients….
Silence may not be golden: Visiting Physicians Network still silent one year after alleged data breach?
In September 2023, DataBreaches reported on an alleged ransomware attack involving Visiting Physician’s Network in Texas. The report provided screenshots of data leaked on the Threeam gang’s leak site and noted that Visiting Physician’s Network did not respond to inquiries about the breach. It is now one year later. DataBreaches has found no substitute notice,…
Thousands of Vastaamo leak victims seek higher compensation
YLE reports: Two lawyers representing some victims of the massive Vastaamo psychotherapy centre data breach say their clients are dissatisfied with the compensation amounts announced by the State Treasury. In late August, Treasury service director Tuomo Yliluoma estimated to Yle that Vastaamo’s victims will receive an average of 500–1,500 euros in damages for attempted or aggravated extortion….
Turkish Data Leak Scandal: Statements by Minister Uraloğlu and Journalist Haskoloğlu
There’s an update to another distressing “shoot-the-messenger” story where a journalist was arrested for simply reporting on a breach that the government denied (previous background). Now Railly News reports: The incident was first brought to the agenda by journalist İbrahim Haskoloğlu in 2022. Haskoloğlu was subsequently arrested after reporting that citizens’ personal data had been…