Another Click2Gov breach, this time affecting up to 2400 residents of the City of Bakersfield. The city’s statement, below, doesn’t indicate whether they were ever warned by CentralSquare Technologies, and if so, what they had done in response. DataBreaches.net has filed under freedom of information to try to obtain more records showing what CST had…
Category: Malware
PA: May Eye Care notified 30,000 patients after ransomware incident
Ransomware continues to pose a major threat to covered entities, and not surprisingly, an incident reported to HHS in October by a Hanover, Pennsylvania eye care center turned out to be yet another ransomware incident. The practice kindly sent me a copy of the notification letter they sent to 30,000 patients: Dear Sir or Madam,…
VA: Chesapeake Public Schools’ computer network affected by malware from phishing emails
WTKR reports on an incident in Chesapeake, Virginia: An attack on computers at Grassfield High School has students and parents concerned. Chesapeake Public Schools says a malware attack is responsible for taking the school off the grid. The school district said a virus entered their network through phishing emails sent to employees. Only a couple of…
South Korea: Four ‘Young’ Hackers Booked in Cryptojacking Case Targeting Over 6,000 PCs
Marie Huillet reports: Four “young” hackers have been arrested in a cryptojacking case involving over 6,000 computers in what is allegedly South Korea’s “first” known case of its kind, Korean English-language news outlet Aju Daily reports Nov. 8. Cryptojacking is the practice of using a computer’s processing power to mine for cryptocurrencies without the owner’s…
Altus Baytown Hospital system hit by Dharma ransomware
On November 2, Altus Baytown Hospital System posted this notice of breach: We are posting this statement on our website as a precautionary measure and as part of our commitment to patient privacy. Altus Baytown Hospital and its affiliates and related entities (collectively, “ABH”) take our patients’ privacy seriously, and it is important to…
Sugar City recall petition delayed by county malware attack
Lisa Dayley Smith reports: The Old Farm Estates controversy took another turn after the petition organizer to recall the mayor and a councilman complained the city was slow in forwarding the petition to county workers. City officials countered that a malware attack at the county blocked or slowed down email concerning the recall. Read more…