From a cybersecurity advisory that you need to drop everything and read and then react to proactively. Seriously. The summary alone should make you take note: This joint cybersecurity advisory was coauthored by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)….
Category: U.S.
Another North Carolina community college hit with ransomware — Piedmont Community College
It seems I missed an announcement that another North Carolina community college got hit with ransomware (or is this the mysterious listing I saw briefly on a dedicated leak site but it was gone before I could note the name and details?). In any event, on August 24, Piedmont Community College (PCC) in North Carolina…
Ex-Trillium Health employee accused of hacking co-workers, stealing nude photos
Will Cleveland reports: A former technology employee at Trillium Health is accused of accessing the personal information of numerous co-workers and stealing nude photographs and videos of them, the United States Attorney’s Office announced Thursday. Ameer Elashmawy, 28, a former Trillium information systems security support coordinator, is charged with unauthorized access of a protected computer…
Aetna Pays $1,000,000 to Settle Three HIPAA Breaches
A new press release from HHS today reveals that multiple breaches in 2017 contributed to HHS finding significant problems with Aetna: Aetna Life Insurance Company and the affiliated covered entity (Aetna) has agreed to pay $1,000,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to…
Update: St. Lawrence Health confirms ransomware attack
Yesterday, this site suggested that reports coming out of the St. Lawrence Health System sounded like a ransomware attack. The system has subsequently confirmed that computers at Canton-Potsdam, Massena and Gouverneur hospitals were hit with ransomware, which the system describes as a never-before seen variant of Ryuk ransomware. Hospital officials also claim that it appears that…
Cyber attack on WI’s unemployment system exposes banking information
Amanda St. Hilaire reports: The Department of Workforce Development says Wisconsin was one of several states to detect “unauthorized intrusions of state UI data originating from Japan, South Korea, Russia, and inside the U.S.” A spokesperson says the department believes the cyber attack or attacks were able to access 116 active unemployment accounts. Fischer said…