Sheera Frenkel reports: Russian hackers used emails disguised to look as Gmail security updates to hack into the computers of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) and members of Hillary Clinton’s top campaign staff, according to a report by the SecureWorks cybersecurity company. The emails, which were sent to DNC and Clinton staff from March 10, appeared almost…
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Curtis F. Robinson, M.D. notifies patients after ransomware attack on EMR provider
From the press release, this appears to be the same ransomware incident that Marin Medical Practices Concepts previously reported. Both MMPC Prima Medical Foundation subsequently reported that 5,000 patients were being notified that patient records were lost during the backup recovery process. Dr. Robinson’s practice appears to have been similarly affected. On August 22, 2016, Dr….
Subcontractor error exposed Vermont Health Connect customers’ SSNs
AP reports: A security lapse earlier this summer has jeopardized the Social Security information of nearly 700 users of Vermont’s online health insurance marketplace. Vermont Public Radio reports officials learned of the security breach when one Vermont Health Connect customer found her name and Social Security number on an online document while conducting an internet search….
thedarkoverlord dumps data from Peachtree Orthopedics after failed extortion attempts
Just another day on the internet, where hackers are hacking and leakers are leaking and thedarkoverlord is dumping PHI data from american based companies yet again. The associated with this partial leak of data is not anything new, databreaches.net had reported on this a back in august and now thedarkoverlord has partially come public with…
So what kind of month was September for the healthcare sector?
Looking for some monthly stats on healthcare data breaches in the U.S.? See Protenus’s Breach Barometer for September, produced in conjunction with DataBreaches.net.
Peachtree Orthopedic Clinic notifies patients of hack (Update3)
Months after it was hacked by TheDarkOverlord, a second Atlanta orthopedic clinic notifies patients. Peachtree Orthopedic Clinic in Atlanta has disclosed that they were hacked. WSBTV has the story. But the hack wasn’t on September 22 as the news cast seems to suggest – that’s just when they confirmed it. This is all quite interesting, because I had…