rdnewsNOW reports: An internal investigation by Alberta Health Services (AHS) has revealed 3,224 patients had their electronic health records accessed improperly over a two-year period at Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre (RDRHC) by two clerical employees in the Diagnostic Imaging (DI) department. The AHS investigation concluded that one DI employee had improperly accessed the patient…
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BE: The city of Floreffe victim of a cyberattack
RTBF reports (translation): This weekend, hackers managed to render data on local servers unusable. In a statement, Albert Mabille, the mayor of Floreffe, said: On Saturday we noticed that there was a problem and then we filed a complaint directly with the police. We also requested the support of specialized services. They have not been stolen…
JP: Capcom confirms no credit card information was accessed during ransomware attack
Marie Dealessandri has an update to a ransomware incident involving Japanese gaming giant Capcom that was reported last year. The firm published its fourth update and a very detailed one. As Dealessandri reports: In a long statement on its website, the Japanese publisher indicated that its “internal systems are near to completely restored” and that it’s…
UK: Arup staff hit by cyberhacker attack at payroll provider
This one had first been reported on April 7 by Richard Waite: Engineering and architecture giant Arup has become the latest victim of a ransomware cyber attack […] According to data breach specialist CEL Solicitors, Arup employees had their personal details, including bank details, address and name, compromised following the attack. It says it has…
FR: Morières-lès-Avignon, Douai, Würth France suffer cyber attacks
Le Dauphiné reports (translated): Like Isle-sur-la-Sorgue, this Friday, hackers also targeted the computer system of the City of Morières-lès-Avignon. A complaint has not yet been filed but the gendarmes of the Avignon company are aware of this malicious act. In the other case, unnamed threat actors had demanded 500,000 euros for the decryption key — the same…
IT: USL Umbria2, a healthcare facility, attacked with ransomware
The following is a translation of a report by Ruetir: IT attack on the IT systems of the USU Umbria 2 whose malfunctions have been detected since Sunday morning. Investigations by the Terni postal police are underway. In particular, the presence of viruses was found which, in addition to the corporate network, also affected part…