On September 2, the NoEscape ransomware group added Mulkay Cardiology Consultants to their leak site and claimed to have successfully encrypted them. “We have 60GB of confidential and personal data on more than 30,000 patients, scans, doctor’s conclusions about patients and many other confidential information,” they claimed in their listing about the New Jersey medical…
Category: Malware
MGM, Caesars casino hacks point to an alliance of teens and ransomware gangs
Joseph Menn reports on the group of hackers some have called “Scattered Spider:” … New research being presented Friday at the LABScon security conference outside Phoenix gives an origin story to the hackers, who the experts say call themselves Star Fraud. They say the group consists of a few dozen hackers who have connected online…
Pain Care Specialists may be feeling the pain of a ransomware attack
It appears that Pain Care Specialists in Oregon became the victim of an attack by AlphV. The threat actors added the medical entity to their leak site earlier today with some files with personal information on employees and patients. AlphV’s listing noted that the breach occurred on September 13, and, “As a result of our…
Ohio Community College Data Theft Breach Affects Nearly 300K
Marianne Kobalsuk McGee reports: An Ohio community college is notifying 290,000 people of a data theft breach this spring that may have compromised their personal, financial and health information. In a breach notification Wednesday, Lakeland Community College did not provide any details on the attack, which occurred between March 7 and March 31, but the…
Cyberattack on Kansas town affects email, phone, payment systems
Jonathan Greig reports: A cyberattack on a small city in Kansas has disrupted the government’s email, phone and online payment systems. Pittsburg — home to about 20,000 people along the state’s border with Missouri and Oklahoma — said it discovered the incident over the weekend. The attack caused an IT outage that limited government systems…
Israeli mental health center in Jerusalem hit with cyberattack
The Jerusalem Post reports: The Kfar Shaul Mental Health Center in Israel’s capital of Jerusalem was hit with a suspected cyberattack, the Health Ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s cyber security department, as well as Israel’s Cyber Authority, are looking into the incident. The Times of Israel also reports a cyberattack, but says the suspected cyberattack…