Well, I knew about the incident, but didn’t know until today that the ransomware incident involving St. Peter’s Surgery & Endoscopy Center in Albany, New York affected 135,000 patients.. Now we know.
Category: Malware
Jemison Internal Medicine discloses ransomware event
From their notification of February 16, 2018 to 6,550 patients, a reminder of the value of good backups. But yet another incident where investigation of a new incident uncovers evidence of a previously undetected intrusion: Privacy Event at Jemison Internal Medicine, PC Jemison Internal Medicine, PC (“JIM”) of Jemison, Alabama has advised its patients of…
Nuance says NotPetya attack led to $98 million in lost revenue
Steve Ragan reports: Nuance Communications, a software company that offers speech and imaging technology to a number of markets, including healthcare and finance, said the 2017 NotPetya malware attacks caused the company to lose $98 million in revenue, and that number is expected to grow as they push forward into 2018. The NotPetya disclosure was…
Russian computer hackers in Colorado sold stolen credit card numbers for $3.6 million
Kirk Mitchell reports: Russian computer hackers operating in Colorado and 15 other states used data-mining viruses to steal thousands of credit card numbers from U.S. residents in 20 states and sold them on the darknet for more than $3.6 million, according to federal court documents. As part of the wide-scale criminal operation, so-called “carders” from…
Connecticut state agencies targeted in cyberattack
AP reports State officials say a weekend cyberattack targeted about 160 computers at a dozen Connecticut state agencies. A spokesman for the state Department of Administrative Services says the ransomware attack was first detected Friday and state computer experts worked over the weekend to contain it. Agency spokesman Jeffrey Beckham says the attack appeared to…
Ransomware attacks hit two Ontario children’s aid societies
Sandro Contenta reports: Ransomware attacks at two children’s aid societies have spurred the Ontario government to tighten cybersecurity around a new, $123-million provincial database for children in care. One of the agencies — the Children’s Aid Society of Oxford County — paid a $5,000 ransom to regain access to their sensitive data after the malware…