Eric Bedner reports: The $400 million sale of Waterbury, Rockville, and Manchester hospitals to Yale New Haven Health is in jeopardy as officials from the latter group are raising concerns about the condition of the hospitals they are slated to acquire, particularly following a data breach last month. California-based Prospect Medical Holdings — the parent company…
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Ransomware attack continues to disrupt two Connecticut hospital systems
CT Post reports: A ransomware attack continued to disrupt some services Friday at two Connecticut health care systems owned by Prospect Medical Holdings. Eastern Connecticut Health Network, which operates Manchester Memorial Hospital and Rockville General Hospital in Vernon, and Waterbury Health, which operates Waterbury Hospital, reported on their websites Friday that some services and locations…
Crozer Health’s computer systems were knocked offline Thursday by a ransomware attack
Harold Brubaker reports: Computer systems at Delaware County’s Crozer Health were offline Thursday after a ransomware attack on the health system’s owner, Prospect Medical Holdings Inc., the company said. “We have experienced a ransomware attack that is Prospect-wide, and are currently evaluating the situation,” Crozer spokesperson Lori Bookbinder said in a text. “We will provide…
Norton Healthcare didn’t call it a ransomware attack. Then BlackCat claimed responsibility for it.
On May 20, DataBreaches reported that Norton Healthcare in Kentucky and Indiana had disclosed what sounded like a ransomware incident that they discovered on May 9, but they never called it a ransomware incident, even though they stated that they had received faxed threats and demands. Today, AlphV (BlackCat) claimed responsibility for the attack and…
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CO: The Red de Salud del Norte Joaquín Paz Borrero Hospital hit with ransomware The Cali District Government has implemented its contingency plan due to a computer attack on Joaquín Paz Borrero Hospital. The hospital is part of the Northern Health Network. “They encrypt the information on server number 4 with passwords and leave us…
Arizona Priority Care and AZPC Clinics notify 10,978 patients of malware attack
Arizona Health Advantage, Inc. d/b/a Arizona Priority Care and AZPC Clinics, LLC (“APC”) are healthcare providers and business associates. On February 1, they notified HHS of an incident that affected 10,978 patients. As a business associate, their report to HHS was filed on behalf of Alignment Health Plan of Arizona, Inc. and Alignment Health Insurance…