AllyAlign Health (AAH), a Medicare Advantage special needs plan administrator, recently notified 76,348 members and providers of an attempted ransomware attack. But how successful were the threat actors? And what could the Virginia firm figure out and what couldn’t they figure out based on their investigation? According to AAH’s notification letter, the attack occurred on…
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Ripe for extortion? Navajo Nation hospital targeted by large-scale ransomware hack
Kevin Collier has a follow-up on the Rehoboth McKinley Christian Health Care cyberattack first reported by DataBreaches.net on February 16. From Collier’s reporting, it seems that those impacted by the breach have yet to be notified. As I’ve advocated many, many times: when PII or PHI are publicly dumped by criminals, taking 60 days to…
PA: Millersville University confirms external cyber attack on network
Millersville University confirmed that on Sunday, February 28 they received an external attack on their network. The external attack on the university’s network caused in-person and virtual classes to be canceled on Monday and Tuesday. Read more on CBS21. They are hoping that because the personally identifiable information on the server was encrypted, it might…
GA: Atlanta Allergy & Asthma hit by Nefilim threat actors
Atlanta Allergy & Asthma (AA&A) proudly proclaims itself to be the largest allergy group in Atlanta, with 17 locations. “For more than 45 years, we have been the experts in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies, asthma, food allergies, sinusitis, and immunologic diseases,” their site notes. What their site does not note yet is that…
US militia group draws members from military and police, website leak shows
Jason Wilson reports: A Guardian investigation of a website leak from the American Patriots Three Percent shows the anti-government militia group have recruited a network across the United States that includes current and former military members, police and border patrol agents. But the leak also demonstrates how the radical group has recruited from a broad…
PA: Cyber attack affecting Hanover Area
Michael P. Buffer reports: A cyber attack has impacted Hanover Area School District and some neighboring school districts, Superintendent Nathan Barrett said Tuesday during a virtual school board meeting. The district experienced intermittent internet issues on Monday and Tuesday, Barrett said. Board President John Mahle contacted the Army National Guard to investigate with its domestic…