NZ Herald reports: The Government won’t pay a ransom to those behind the Waikato DHB cyber attack which crashed the board’s entire system last Tuesday. A group claiming to be responsible for the cyber attack claimed today that it had accessed confidential patient notes, staff details and financial information. Health Minister Andrew Little said he was…
Headphone and speaker maker Bose discloses ransomware attack
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Audio equipment manufacturer Bose said it was the victim of a ransomware attack that took place earlier this year, on March 7. The attack hit the company’s US-based systems and was detected on the same day it occurred, but not before hackers deployed the ransomware across the company’s internal network. Read more…
Zocdoc says ‘programming errors’ exposed access to patients’ data
Zack Whittaker reports: Zocdoc says it has fixed a bug that allowed current and former staff at doctor’s offices and dental practices to access patient data because their user accounts weren’t properly decommissioned. The New York-based company revealed the issue in a letter to the California attorney general’s office, which requires companies with more than 500 residents…
OK: Harper County Community Hospital targeted with ransomware
Kaylee Douglas reports that Harper County Community Hospital is now disclosing that it experienced a ransomware attack on March 24. Authorities say the protected health information that may have been compromised could include any of the following: first and last name, date of birth, home address, patient account number, diagnosis, social security number and health insurance…
Phoenix chiropractic practice offline after ransomware attack
Spine & Disc Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona is a chiropractic practice. They have apparently been the victims of a ransomware attack by Avaddon threat actors, who added them to their leak site and dumped some data as proof of claims. It is not clear how much data the threat actors may have exfiltrated. The…
Fr: Cyberattack against the ISERBA Group
The ISERBA Group is a property maintenance firm (plumbing, heating, electricity, carpentry, etc.). An undated notice on their web site indicates that they have been the victim of a cyber attack. Machine Translation: Our IT services were hacked during the weekend. For security reasons, we are not reachable at the moment and our accesses are…