Harold Brubaker reports: Computer systems at Delaware County’s Crozer Health were offline Thursday after a ransomware attack on the health system’s owner, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the company said. “We have experienced a ransomware attack that is Prospect-wide, and are currently evaluating the situation,” Crozer spokesperson Lori Bookbinder said in a text. “We will provide…
Category: Health Data
Eastern Connecticut Health Network hospitals diverting ER patients, other facilities closed due to suspected cyberattack
NBC reports: A cyberattack is suspected to have caused a systemwide IT problem that is forcing the Eastern Connecticut Health Network (ECHN) to divert patients from its hospital emergency rooms, according to ECHN. The ERs are currently on a two-hour diversion, according to ECHN. The issue is affecting the ERs at both Manchester Memorial Hospital…
Authorities dealt with leak of data for 2 million Egyptian patients: Health minister
Ahram Online reports: Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar confirmed that the security agencies have dealt with the leak of the personal data of 2 million Egyptian patients which are being sold online. In statements to the local news website Cairo 24, Abdel-Ghaffar said the leak occurred two months ago, stressing that the authorities will take…
B.C. health-care workers’ private information subject to data breach
Penny Daflos reports: Thousands of health-care workers’ personal information has been compromised in a data breach that’s targeted servers at the Health Employers Association of BC. Hackers had access to the HEABC system from May 9 to June 10, and the breach wasn’t detected until July 13, according to the association. Read more at CTV.
NHS Staff Reprimanded For WhatsApp Data Sharing
Phil Muncaster reports: An NHS trust has been reprimanded by the UK’s data protection regulator after it was discovered that staff had been sharing patient details on an unapproved app for two years. Some 26 staff at NHS Lanarkshire accessed the WhatsApp group between April 2020 and April 2022, entering sensitive patient data including names,…
PHI Database: Portal for Health Informatics – IIIT Delhi shared on Cyber Crime Forum
Seen on CloudSEK: CloudSEK’s contextual AI digital risk platform XVigil has discovered a post on an English speaking cybercrime forum, sharing a database of PHI-IIIT Delhi for Forum credits. A total of 82 Databases were compromised and leaked data. Read more at CloudSEK.