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Coordinated Ransomware Attack Hits at Least 20 Local Governments In Texas

Posted on August 17, 2019 by Dissent

Trey Shaar reports: A coordinated ransomware attack has affected at least 20 local government entities in Texas, the Texas Department of Information Resources said. It would not release information about which local governments have been affected. The department said the Texas Division of Emergency Management is coordinating support from other state agencies through the Texas State…

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CA: Malware attack targets San Dieguito Union High School District

Posted on August 16, 2019 by Dissent

Matt Boone reports: A North County school district said it was hacked last week, forcing them to shut down parts of their network during registration week. The San Dieguito Union High School District sent out an email to parents on Thursday alerting them to “an attempted malware attack” on August 9. Read more on 10News….

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Grays Harbor Community Hospital and Harbor Medical Group notifying 85,000 patients of ransomware incident; Not all EMR have been recovered

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dissent

Back in July, this site noted a media report about a ransomware attack on Grays Harbor Community Hospital. At the time, and although the incident had first been reported in the media on June 19, the hospital was still not disclosing a lot of details. Yesterday, the hospital issued a formal notice about the breach,…

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KNEO radio station attacked by ransomware

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dissent

KNEO radio station, a Christian radio station, got hit with ransomware and wound up with all its audio files corrupted. FourStatesHomePage reports that the radio station first became aware of the attack on Sunday afternoon when they experienced a system breakdown. The staff of KNEO became aware of the system breakdown Sunday afternoon. The station’s…

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Healthcare entities continue to be targeted: eye care provider in Ohio hit with ransomware, dental practice in Minnesota reports cyberattack

Posted on August 15, 2019 by Dissent

I wonder if HHS will need to take on more staff to deal with all the HIPAA breaches being disclosed this year.  In July alone, this blogger logged approximately 65 reports on my worksheet, although a number of them were all reporting on a few business associate breaches.  In any event, there are a lot…

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WA: Aberdeen hospital’s computers struck by ransomware hack attack

Posted on August 14, 2019 by Dissent

KOMO in Washington reports on a ransomware incident originally discovered in June, and first mentioned in the media on July 24. A ransomware attack by hackers has scrambled data on computer systems at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, including patient health information, officials said Wednesday. The attack, which is designed to block the hospital’s…

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