East River Medical Imaging recently sent out notices to 605,809 patients concerning a breach in September. According to a patient notice posted on its website, on September 20, 2023, the New York medical practice identified suspicious activity within its IT network. We immediately initiated our incident response process, began an investigation with the assistance of…
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Hackers steal IDF patient records from cyberattack on Israeli hospital (corrected)
The Jerusalem Post reports: Over 500 gigabytes of data, including hundreds of thousands of IDF medical records were allegedly stolen by Iran-linked hackers during a cyberattack on Ziv Medical Center in Safed, Israel, the hackers claimed on Telegram. […] On their Telegram page, the attackers said, “We possess over 500 gigabytes of information, including 700,000 medical documents,…
Proliance Surgeons notifying 437,392 patients after ransomware attack earlier this year
On November 17, Proliance Surgeons notified HHS that 437,392 patients were affected by a breach. An undated notice on their website explains that it was a ransomware attack in which files and systems were encrypted and some data was exfiltrated. “After a thorough forensic investigation, we discovered on May 24, 2023, that additional files may…
Hospitals in multiple states diverting patients after Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack
It was predictable that threat actors would attack during Thanksgiving week when many people take off for the holiday and long weekend. Ardent Health Services was hit with a ransomware attack — and badly enough that hospitals wound up diverting emergency patients. Below the break, you can find the text of Ardent’s notice and FAQ….
Welltok data breach exposes data of 8.5 million US patients
Bill Toulas reports: Healthcare SaaS provider Welltok is warning that a data breach exposed the personal data of nearly 8.5 million patients in the U.S. after a file transfer program used by the company was hacked in a data theft attack. Bill’s article has some good information in it, and you can read more at…
A cyberattack on a U.K. accounting firm wound up leaking U.S. patient data. Now what?
DataBreaches would have passed over a listing on LockBit3.0’s site if Brett Callow hadn’t kindly called our attention to it. The listing by the threat actors was for HSKS Greenhalgh Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, and LockBit claimed to have exfiltrated 168 GB of files with: Employees (NIN numbers, passport scans, ID scans, Employee forms…