Updated Thursday, October 29, 2020, 4:30 pm ET — As previously disclosed on September 29, 2020, we experienced an information technology security incident in the early morning hours of September 27, 2020. As a result of this cyberattack, we suspended user access to our information technology applications related to operations located in the United States. While…
Category: U.S.
Cyberattack causes ‘significant’ UVM Health Network technology outage
AP and NBC report from Vermont: The University of Vermont Health Network is experiencing a systemwide network disruption following a cyberattack Wednesday. Six hospitals throughout Vermont and northern New York are being affected by a “significant and ongoing system-wide network issue,” said spokesperson Neal Goswami. The group has not confirmed an exact timeline for restoring…
Threat actors dump personal employee and student data from Walled Lake Consolidated District
One of the k-12 district ransomware attacks that DataBreaches.net has been following involves Walled Lake Consolidated District in Michigan. The district suffered a ransomware attack on or about October 10 that they are still working to recover from. But while they focus on recovery of systems, the threat actors have tried to pressure on them…
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center Notification of Technology Management Resources Security Incide
Note: the following is a press release from AMMC. DataBreaches.net reached out to Technology Management Resources, but has received no reply by publication time. This post will be updated if a reply is received. Arkansas Methodist Medical Center (“AMMC”) has a lockbox service with IBERIABANK for collecting and processing payments from our patients and/or customers….
Federal agencies issue alert: credible information of increased and imminent threat of ransomware attacks on healthcare and public health sector
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)….
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…