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TX: MedSpring Urgent Care notifies 13,000 patients after phishing attack

Posted on August 9, 2018 by Dissent

As Protenus’s Q-2 report for health data breaches in the U.S. indicates, phishing continues to account for a significant percentage of reported breaches.  Here’s another phishing incident recently disclosed to HHS that will be in Protenus’s Q-3 report as affecting 13,034 patients: July 20, 2018 At MedSpring Urgent Care (MedSpring), we take the privacy and…

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Three members of notorious “FIN7” criminal ring in custody for attacking more than 100 companies

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Dissent

The Department of Justice announced a stunning arrest today of key players in one of the most damaging threat actors in the last decade.  Kudos to all involved in their arrests. You can read the DOJ’s full press release below, but let’s start with a quote from a FIN7 hunter: “FIN7 is the most prolific and…

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UnityPoint warns 1.4 million patients their information might have been breached by email hackers

Posted on July 30, 2018 by Dissent

The DesMoines Register reports: One of Iowa’s main hospital and clinic systems has notified about 1.4 million patients that their personal information might have been breached. UnityPoint Health officials said hackers used “phishing” techniques to break into the company’s email system. The company, based in West Des Moines, said the hackers could have obtained medical…

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Clark University notifies students of phishing incident

Posted on July 24, 2018 by Dissent

Clark University in Massachusetts began notifying some students whose personal information, including Social Security Numbers, were in an employee’s email account that had been accessed. According to their notification dated July 20, the university’s investigation revealed that an unauthorized individual could have accessed the employee’s email account between March 19 and March 23rd. From the wording…

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NorthStar Anesthesia notifies patients after employee email accounts compromised

Posted on July 21, 2018 by Dissent

Between May 23 and 24, 2018, NorthStar learned of an email phishing campaign that resulted in the compromise of certain employees’ email credentials.  NorthStar immediately took steps to respond and commenced an investigation to determine the nature and scope of the incident, as well as determine what information may be affected.  The investigation included working…

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Sunspire Health notifying patients after employee email accounts accessed in phishing attack

Posted on July 17, 2018 by Dissent

Joseph Goedert reports: Sunspire Health, a nationwide network of addiction treatment facilities, is notifying an undisclosed number of individuals and offering them credit and identity monitoring services after several employee email accounts were accessed in a phishing attack. While the size of the Sunspire attack is not yet publicly known, the incident soon will be…

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