The Susan M. Hughes Center is a cosmetic surgery and medical spa with locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. On December 27, they notified HHS of a ransomware incident affecting 11,400 patients. The following is their statement about the incident: The Susan M. Hughes Center is committed to maintaining the privacy and security of patient information we maintain. This…
Category: Malware
Los Angeles Valley College Hit By Cyber Attack, Pays Ransom
I’ve been sitting on this one for a while because it wasn’t clear if any personal info was involved. CBS had reported that Los Angeles Valley College in Valley Glen was subject to a cyber attack over the winter break, but it was not known how large the breach was or its scope. Now Breitbart is reporting that…
Ca: Thousands of University of Alberta students, faculty put at risk in malware security breach
Juris Graney reports: Malware installed on more than 300 computers put over 3,000 University of Alberta students at risk late last year, but because of a police probe resulting in charges against a 19-year-old man, the breach wasn’t shared campus-wide until Thursday. In a statement posted to its website, Gordie Mah, the chief information security…
This Crazy Ransomware Restores Your Files If You Read About Ransomware
Lee Mathews writes: We’ve seen some pretty dastardly ransomware pop up over the past couple of years. Popcorn Time decrypts your files for free if you pass the infection on to your friends. Jigsaw deletes some of your files every hour until you pay up. The Koolova ransomware put a whole new spin on things. Like Popcorn…
Ransomware Has Evolved, And Its Name Is Doxware
Chris Ensey writes that as entities try to defend themselves better against ransomware, criminals have come up with a new twist to make it more likely for their victims to pay up: Many companies have figured out that they can avoid paying these ransoms by wiping a system clean, restoring it with backup drives, and…
Family & Sports Medicine center patient records remain inaccessible three months after ransomware attack
Add Desert Care Family & Sports Medicine in Casa Grande, Arizona to the list of health facilities who suffered a ransomware attack. But what happened to them has resulted in my updating my worst breaches of 2016 list. On December 20, the center notified HHS that 500 patients were being notified that their server had…