On November 12, DataBreaches published an OpEd, If entities continue to obfuscate and lie, it’s time to mandate more transparency in breach disclosures. Today, we post another example of why we need to legislate and enforce data breach notification laws that prohibit deceptive statements and mandate more disclosure when data has been leaked. This week,…
Category: Health Data
CEOs of Ontario hospitals hit by ransomware attack provide updates on impact and look for no ransom payment legislation
Jennifer LaGrassa reports: For the first time, top leadership from the five southwestern Ontario hospitals hit by a ransomware attack answered questions from the media — acknowledging the significant impact the incident has had on care, as well as the large amount of stolen data. During the roughly 50-minute meeting on Friday, each hospital CEO said their…
Was Yakima Valley Radiology the victim of a cyberattack? They’re not answering that.
On September 24, Karakurt threat actors added Yakima Valley Radiology PC to their leak site. Their listing claimed that they acquired 9.31 GB of files including “financial reports, client lists with contacts, list of patients for 15 years (212579 rows), a database of social security numbers (including staff, doctors) with 766000 rows.” Karakurt did not…
Australian Privacy Regulator Sues in MedLab Pathology Data Breach Case
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Patrick Gunning from King & Wood Mallesons reports that, on November 2, 2023, the Australian Information Commissioner filed proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia against Australian Clinical Labs Limited seeking a civil penalty (i.e., a fine) in connection with the company’s response to a data breach that occurred in February…
CISA Releases The Mitigation Guide: Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector
Today, CISA released the Mitigation Guide: Healthcare and Public Health (HPH) Sector as a supplemental companion to the HPH Cyber Risk Summary, published July 19, 2023. This guide provides defensive mitigation strategy recommendations and best practices to combat pervasive cyber threats affecting this critical infrastructure sector. It also identifies known vulnerabilities for organizations to assess their…
Alleged Extortioner of Psychotherapy Patients Faces Trial
Brian Krebs reports: Prosecutors in Finland this week commenced their criminal trial against Julius Kivimäki, a 26-year-old Finnish man charged with extorting a once popular and now-bankrupt online psychotherapy practice and thousands of its patients. In a 2,200-page report, Finnish authorities laid out how they connected the extortion spree to Kivimäki, a notorious hacker who was convicted…