MNGI Digestive Health (MNGI) in Minnesota is a physician-owned multi-center gastroenterology practice that has been recognized for its excellence. MNGI was previously known as Minnesota Gastroenterology, P.A., and was created by partnership of three independent practices: Digestive Healthcare, Gastroenterology Consultants, and St. Paul Gastroenterology. Unfortunately, excellence in medical practice and care does not immunize a…
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Audits of New York schools and the State Education Department reveal ongoing significant concerns
In May, the NYS Comptroller’s Office released an audit conducted to determine if the New York State Education Department (SED) consistently follows all laws and regulations regarding the safety and privacy of students’ data, and whether SED is properly monitoring school districts to ensure they are complying with the legislation and regulations that govern data…
Hillsborough County Public Schools alert parents to August cyberattack, data breach
On September 15, DataBreaches reported LockBit3.0 had added Hillsborough County Public Schools in Florida to their dark web leak site. There is currently less than two days left on their countdown clock to leak data, although LockBit3.0 does not always strictly follow up with their own deadlines. While the district originally reported on September 5…
Hinds County approves spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in payments for cyberattack recovery efforts
Anthony Warren reports from Mississippi: Hinds County approved more than than $600,000 in payments Friday to restore its computer system after cyberattacks took it down days ago. At an emergency board meeting on Friday afternoon, the board voted 3-0 to approve paying $335,100 for cyber recovery services to Netlink Voice LLC, and up to $265,000…
Bellone signs 13th emergency order related to year-old cyberattack by AlphV, delays county budget
Mark Harrington reports from Long Island: Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone last week signed the 13th “local emergency order” tied to the September 2022 ransomware attack, delaying the county operating budget by a week while also declaring states of emergencies tied to the migrant crisis and Hurricane Lee. The latest cyberattack-related emergency declaration cites the “continuing…
Ransomware group claimed to have hit a New Jersey cardiology group. Did they?
On September 2, the NoEscape ransomware group added Mulkay Cardiology Consultants to their leak site and claimed to have successfully encrypted them. “We have 60GB of confidential and personal data on more than 30,000 patients, scans, doctor’s conclusions about patients and many other confidential information,” they claimed in their listing about the New Jersey medical…