Updating some HHS reports: First Choice Community Health Care reported its ransomware attack to HHS on August 1 as impacting 101,541 patients. BHG Holdings / Behavioral Health Group reported its breach to HHS on July 27 as impacting 197,507 patients. Elsewhere: California: A former owner of a T-Mobile retail store in Eagle Rock has been…
Category: Non-U.S.
Kashmir University Hacking: Data of 1 Million Students Found on Dark Web
Zaid Bin Shabir reports: A data breach at the University of Kashmir has exposed the personal information of over 1 million students of the varsity and employees, making their personal data available on the dark web. The alleged database of Kashmir University students has been put on sale for just $250 on a hacking forum…
Argentinian health services plan hit by LockBit
On June 27, Clarin reported that OSDE had suffered a cyberattack on June 25. OSDE is a network of medical care services and providers in Argentina. People can enroll in pre-paid health plans and contact OSDE online when they need medical attention or assistance. According to its site, OSDE currently has over 2 million members,…
Update: Colosseum Dental Benelux pays ransom to threat actors
Updating the story concerning Colosseum Dental Benelux reported yesterday, Yannick Spinner reports (machine translated): The umbrella company, in its own words, had no choice but to pay the criminals: “Caring for our patients is our top priority and prompted Colosseum Dental to contact the cyber attackers and make agreements about the return and security of our…
More than 100 Dutch dental practices closed for days due to cyber attack
On August 5, RTL Nieuws reported: More than a hundred dental practices will be forced to keep their doors closed in the coming days. These are practices of Colosseum Dental Benelux, a large company with more than 130 branches in Belgium and the Netherlands. The company has been hit by a cyber attack and is going to…
New GwisinLocker ransomware encrypts Windows and Linux ESXi servers
This site generally doesn’t cover or announce new types of ransomware, but this one targets the healthcare sector, so…. Bill Toulas reports: A new ransomware family called ‘GwisinLocker’ targets South Korean healthcare, industrial, and pharmaceutical companies with Windows and Linux encryptors, including support for encrypting VMware ESXi servers and virtual machines. The new malware is…