C.C. McCandless reports: The Clark County School District announced that a recent cybersecurity incident allowed an “unauthorized party” to access personal information of some students, parents and employees. The district said it became aware of the hack on Oct. 5, adding that it involved the email environment. “Upon discovering the incident, CCSD immediately engaged a…
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Cook County Health and Hospitals System terminates relationship with medical transcription service, notifying patients of breach
On September 24, Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCH) in Illinois notified HHS of a breach. At the time, CCH reported that 500 patients were affected. The “500” entry is usually just a marker to indicate that the entity knows that they were required to notify HHS and individuals no later than 60 days…
How Vermont’s largest hospital now protects patient info 3 years after ransomware attack
Cam Smith reports: Nearly three years after Vermont’s largest hospital fell victim to a ransomware attack, hospital officials say they’ve made progress toward better systems to protect patient information. During the breach, nearly 1,300 servers were compromised on more than 5,000 devices across the UVM Health Network. Hospital officials say while no patient or employee…
Ransomware group starts leaking data allegedly from NJ cardiology consultants group
On September 23, DataBreaches reported that the NoEscape ransomware gang had added Mulkay Cardiology Consultants (Mulkay) in New Jersey to their leak site with a date of September 2. At the time, they claimed to have successfully encrypted them and exfiltrated 60 GB of files. “We have 60GB of confidential and personal data on more…
Seattle Housing Authority allegedly compromised by ransomware gang
The NoEscape ransomware site claims to have successfully compromised the Seattle Housing Authority (SHA). In a post on their leak site, they claim to have encrypted the SHA’s main servers and exfiltrated 158 GB of data. ” we have 400,000 confidential files,” they claim, including, they write: Confidential Privacy Act Data! Confidential agreements and contracts,…
88% of Hospitals And Other Health-Care Organizations Faced Cyberattacks Last Year
Fewer health-care organizations are paying ransoms, but the average payment has soared. Eric Geller reports: Hospitals, clinics and other health-care organizations are facing a barrage of cyberattacks and struggling to provide normal services amid computer outages and loss of important files, according to newly published research by Proofpoint, an email security firm. Nearly 90% of…