Susanne Cervenka and David P. Willis report: Hackensack Meridian Health said its “core clinical systems” were back online after disruptions impacted computers at the state’s largest hospital network for much of the week. […] NJ Advance Media, citing an unidentified hospital IT professional, reported that doctors briefed on the disruptions were told Hackensack Meridian’s “systems were shut down across…
Category: Malware
Ransomware at Colorado IT Provider Affects 100+ Dental Offices
Brian Krebs reports: A Colorado company that specializes in providing IT services to dental offices suffered a ransomware attack this week that is disrupting operations for more than 100 dentistry practices, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. Multiple sources affected say their IT provider, Englewood, Colo. based Complete Technology Solutions (CTS), was hacked, allowing a potent strain of ransomware known…
Cucamonga Valley Water District discloses Click2Gov breach
From the Cucamonga Valley Water District website, a Dec. 4 notification: Cucamonga Valley Water District (CVWD) was recently informed of a data breach of the Click2Gov web portal used by CVWD customers for one-time credit card payments. CVWD values its customers and respects the privacy of their information, which is why, as a precautionary measure,…
About 3,000 Fort Worth water customers may have had info stolen in data breach
Kaley Johnson reports more trouble for Click2Gov software by CentralSquare Technologies: About 3,000 customers of the Fort Worth Water Department may have had had their information stolen due to a data breach, a department spokeswoman said. Those impacted would have made a one-time payment for Fort Worth water with a credit card between Aug. 27 and Oct….
MN: Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery notifies 80,000 patients of ransomware incident
It’s gotten that there are so many ransomware incidents in the healthcare sector, that even tens of thousands of affected patients may not make headlines. One of the recent additions to HHS’s public breach tool involved the Southeastern Minnesota Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery of Minnesota. They reported that 80,000 patients were being notified. The following…
ME: U.S. Secret Service investigates data hack at Bonny Eagle schools
Gillian Graham reports: The Secret Service is investigating a data breach that exposed the financial information of MSAD 6 [Maine School Administrative District 6] employees. One of the district’s servers was hacked last week and a piece of ransomware was installed, according to school officials. The breach happened on Nov. 30 and was discovered Dec. 2…