DataBreaches.net has received a statement from Columbia Surgical Specialists in Spokane about the ransomware incident that they recently reported to HHS as impacting up to 400,000 patients. Subsequent and ongoing investigation suggests that the number affected may be substantially lower. According to the statement sent to this site, the practice became aware of the attack…
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Update on Columbia Surgical Specialists of Spokane HIPAA incident affecting 400,000 patients
On February 18, 2019, Columbia Surgical Specialists of Spokane notified HHS of a breach impacting 400,000 patients. The incident was coded as a network/IT incident involving data on the network server. DataBreaches.net reached out to the entity for additional details concerning what we hypothesized was a ransomware attack. But despite two phone calls to the…
MI: Thousands of Mary Free Bed patients impacted by Wolverine’s ransomware incident (with updates)
Note: This post started out being about Mary Free Bed being impacted by the Wolverine Solutions breach previously discussed on this site, but as other entities affected have been identified, this post is being updated to name them. Fox17 reports on yet another victim entity caught up in the Wolverine Solutions breach: Thousands of patients…
Sonic Corp. sued for $5 million over 2017 data breach
Dale Denwalt reports an update to a breach first reported by Brian Krebs in 2017. A 2017 data breach at Sonic restaurants caused financial institutions to lose revenue, a new lawsuit claims. American Airlines Federal Credit Union claims in its lawsuit filed Monday that Sonic failed to protect its point of sale systems or update…
Health Alliance Plan notifies more than 120,000 patients of Wolverine Solutions Group breach
Entities affected by the Wolverine Solutions Group breach continue to be revealed. The ransomware incident at the business associate, was reported previously on this site as impacting more than 700 firms who are clients of Wolverine, and more than 1.2 million of those clients’ patients or clients. Today, the Detroit Free Press reports that Health Alliance…
Million-plus Israeli websites target of ransomware hack
Jewish News Syndicate reports: A massive hacking attempt to infest more than a million Israeli websites with ransomware that would lock administrators out until they agreed to pay was thwarted over Shabbat, though many pages were defaced with “Jerusalem is the capital of Palestine.” The hackers attacked the Hebrew website Nagich, which is dedicated to…