Lawrence Abrams reports: UF Health Central Florida has suffered a reported ransomware attack that forced two hospitals to shut down portions of their IT network. The University of Florida Health, also known as UF Health, is a healthcare network of hospitals and physician practices that provide care to countries throughout Florida. Today, BleepingComputer has learned that…
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NY: The M.T.A. Is Breached by Hackers as Cyberattacks Surge
Christina Goldbaum and William K. Rashbaum report: A hacking group believed to have links to the Chinese government penetrated the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s computer systems in April, exposing vulnerabilities in a vast transportation network that carries millions of people every day, according to an M.T.A. document that outlined the breach. Read more on The New…
More than 11,000 people’s personal information released in Anchorage Police Department data leak
Kavitha George reports: Since 2019, 11,402 people have had their birth dates and driver’s license numbers published accidentally, due to a glitch in the Anchorage Police Department records system, the department announced Wednesday. APD said an employee discovered the issue with traffic collision report records in February. Normally, a computer automatically redacts that personal information…
Scripps begins notifying more than 147,000 people of ransomware records breach
Paul Sisson reports: Scripps Health announced Tuesday that it has begun notifying nearly 150,000 individuals that their personal information was stolen by hackers during the ransomware attack that hit the local health care giant on May 1. In a statement, San Diego’s second-largest medical provider says that it is “beginning to mail notification letters to…
ND: Data Security Breach at Ralph Engelstad Arena
Valley News Live reports: Hundreds of employees at the Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks are victims of a data security breach. In a message to employees Tuesday, Jody Hodgson, General Manager of the Ralph, says the incident happened in December 2020 and resulted in unauthorized access to some employee information. 318 employees are affected,…
20/20 Eye Care Network and Hearing Care Network notify 3,253,822 health plan members of breach that deleted contents of AWS buckets
20/20 Eye Care Network, Inc. is a managed vision care company in Florida that offers administrative services to health plans. 20/20 Hearing Care Network expands those services into hearing care. On May 28, 20/20’s Chief Compliance Officer notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of an incident in which their Amazon AWS S3 buckets were accessed…