Samantha Ehlinger reports: The Institute for Women’s Health warned patients that hackers may have stolen some of their personal information or credit or debit card data, the physicians’ group said Thursday. The San Antonio OBGYN practice said a so-called keylogger virus was installed on its network on June 5. The virus was discovered July 6…
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Pacific Alliance Medical Center notifies 266,123 patients of ransomware incident
From their web site, the following breach notification. According to their report to HHS, 266,123 patients were notified. Notice of Data Breach At Pacific Alliance Medical Center (PAMC), we understand that the confidentiality and security of medical and personal information is critically important, and we are committed to protecting it. The purpose of this post…
KR: South Korea LG service centers attacked by ransomware
The Korea Herald reports: A ransomware attack resembling WannaCry’s malicious code has attacked South Korean tech giant LG Electronics’ service centers. LG Electronics’ service centers were attacked by ransomware this week, with the malicious code used possibly identical to the WannaCry ransomware attack, one of the largest cyberattacks that struck in May, according to security…
British Malware Researcher Charged with Allegedly Creating the Kronos Banking Trojan
So yesterday afternoon, Twitter exploded as word spread that Marcus Hutchins, aka @MalwareTechBlog, had been arrested as he attempted to board a flight back to the U.K. Hutchins, who became an “accidental hero” in stopping the spread of WannaCry, was accused of creating and conspiring with another unnamed defendant in the matter of the Kronos…
Researcher Who Stopped WannaCry Ransomware Detained in US After Def Con
Update 1: This indictment may help explain things. Then again, it might not, as the more I read it, the more puzzled I am by the charges. Original Post: Joseph Cox reports: On Wednesday, US authorities detained a researcher who goes by the handle MalwareTech, best known for stopping the spread of the WannaCry ransomware…
Hackers have cashed out on $143,000 of bitcoin from the massive WannaCry ransomware attack
Ryan Browne reports: Hackers have cashed out on more than $143,000 worth of bitcoin relating to ransoms paid from the massive WannaCry cyber-attack earlier this year. Bitcoin payments made by victims of the WannaCry ransomware attack – which totaled 52.2 BTC (around $143,000) – were withdrawn from online wallets overnight. This was confirmed by Elliptic,…