Heloise Vyas reports: The Australian government have cracked down on a Russian cybercriminal believed to behind a Medibank Private breach in 2022 which marked the “single most devastating attack” in the country’s history. In a joint press conference with the Foreign Affairs Minister, Deputy Prime Minister, and Cyber Security Minister, the Commonwealth declared it would,…
Category: Malware
UPDATE: Ransomware attack affecting Tietoevry’s services for some customers in Sweden
21 January 2024 [UPDATED: 10:45 CET, January 21] One of Tietoevry’s several datacenters in Sweden was partially subject to a ransomware attack during the night of Jan 19-20. While overall recovery has progressed, services for the customers in scope remain impacted. The attack was limited to one part of one of our Swedish datacenters, impacting…
Primary Health & Wellness Center, LLC’s public notice of ransomware incident
In the process of researching breach reports submitted to HHS, DataBreaches came across a public notice for an incident affecting Primary Health & Wellness Center, LLC in Maryland. The covered entity is to be commended for the details and transparency in their notice, although they do not name the threat actor/group involved or any details…
Tilbury District Family Health Team confirms patient data impacted by October ransomware attack
CKXS reports: The fallout continues following last year’s ransomware attack that resulted in a massive data breach at five southwestern Ontario hospitals. The Tilbury District Family Health Team (TDFHT) has confirmed that its patient health information was impacted by the cyberattack on October 23, 2023, which also resulted in varying amounts of patient and staff…
Cloud Vendor Returns North Star Health Alliance Data Stolen and Stored by LockBit
Marianne Kolbasuk McGee reports: A cloud services firm has turned over to a New York hospital alliance the patient data stolen in an August ransomware attack by the notorious LockBit gang. The hospital group – North Star Health Alliance – had filed a lawsuit against LockBit in November as a legal maneuver to force the…
Bluewater Health getting new, more secure hospital info system
Tyler Kula reports: Bluewater Health, hardest hit by a cyberattack on five Southwestern Ontario hospitals last fall, had a relatively dated system for storing and sharing patient information at the time, Bluewater Health’s board chairperson says. “It did make a difference,” said Margaret Dragan, about the hospital group’s 20-plus-year-old hospital information system that’s been eyed for…