On January 21, Medical Healthcare Solutions issued a statement on its website about a ransomware attack, although they do not state that it was a ransomware attack. Nor do they identify the incident as an attack by Conti, but it was. Medical Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (MHS), recently experienced a cyber-incident that impacted some protected health…
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Attorney General James Announces $600,000 Agreement with EyeMed After 2020 Data Breach
New York Attorney General Letitia James today announced a $600,000 agreement with EyeMed that resolves a 2020 data breach that compromised the personal information of approximately 2.1 million consumers nationwide, including 98,632 in New York state. EyeMed — which provides vision benefits to members of vision plans offered by both licensed underwriters and employers — experienced a…
GA: Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic reports breach to HHS
It appears that Peachtree Orthopaedic Clinic in Georgia reported a breach to HHS on January 3 that impacted 53,686 patients. They reported the breach as “hacking — other.” There is nothing on their website at this time to explain the incident and so far, I have found no press release. The only additional information at…
Kings Plant Barn the latest retailer hit by click-and-collect data breach
Chris Keall reports: Kings Plant Barn has contacted customers about a security breach to FlexBooker, the internet-based system it uses to organise click-and-collect bookings. Names, email addresses and collection times were exposed. But the gardening chain says no credit card, password details or mobile have been spilled. Read more at New Zealand Herald.
Mt: IT firm C-Planet fined €65,000 over massive voter data breach
Ivan Martin reports: An IT firm responsible for a massive leak of voter data has been fined €65,000 for data breaches. Data Protection Commissioner Ian Deguara issued the administrative penalty against C-Planet It Solutions Limited which was hired by the Labour Party to manage a cache of private information on some 337,384 Maltese voters. The…
Jackson Hospital responded quickly to ransomware incident
Sean Lyngaas reports: It was approaching midnight on Sunday and the head of IT at a Florida hospital had a problem. The emergency room of Jackson Hospital, a 100-bed facility on Florida’s panhandle, called to report that it couldn’t connect to the charting system that doctors use to look up patients’ medical histories. Jamie Hussey,…