Back around the Fourth of July holiday, I was busy attempting to confirm some claimed hacks by TheDarkOverlord (TDO). And no, I’m not referring to any entities I’ve previously named on this site, but yet other healthcare entities I’ve never named. In encrypted chats, TDO had provided me with samples of patient data from approximately…
Category: Health Data
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants notifies 19,203 patients after ransomware incident
Medical Oncology Hematology Consultants, PA in Delaware recently reported a ransomware attack to HHS that affected 19,203 patients. The attack began on June 17, but wasn’t discovered until July 7. The practice notes that there was no indication that any PHI was accessed, much less acquired. I was impressed by their robust response to the incident…
Yet another breach due to envelope windows?! CVS Caremark exposes patients’ HIV status in mailings
I can almost hear Yogi Berra saying, “It’s deja vu all over again.” Lou Chibbaro Jr. reports: CVS Caremark, a division of the CVS pharmacy and healthcare company, abruptly discontinued a mailing last week to patients in Ohio receiving HIV-related medication from the company after it learned that a reference to “HIV” appeared above the…
Largest healthcare provider in western New York successfully phished in two consecutive months
Having to notify almost 2,800 patients because an employee fell for a phishing attack is not something most healthcare providers would exactly relish. Having to notify 2,800 patients in July and then another 744 patients in August because there were phishing incidents in two consecutive months, well,….. ouch. But that’s the situation Kaleida Health in…
At risk of hack, 465,000 pacemakers are recalled for software update
Shortly after 9/11, my mother collapsed on the street in NYC. Thanks to super prompt response by police and EMS, she survived and had a pacemaker installed. And from that moment until her death 11 years later, I never stopped worrying that someone would try to hack her pacemaker. Today, Ian Sherr reports: Sometimes life…
Bit Paymer Ransomware Hits Scottish Hospitals
I mentioned this ransomware incident the other day, but now Catalin Cimpanu has a really good article with much detail about the ransomware and ransom demands, etc. You can read his report on BleepingComputer. Catalin’s article answers one question I had posed about the NHS Lanarkshire incident – the ransomware is believed to be installed…