RTÉ reports: The Health Service Executive’s National Clinical Adviser for Acute Operations has said there is an “enormous risk” across health services following the cyber attack last week which forced a shutdown of the HSE’s IT systems. Speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland, Dr Vida Hamilton said it is a “major disaster” and described it as…
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Updating: CaptureRx incident impacted more than 2.4 million. List of Entities.
Update as of July 13, 2021: The total number impacted has been updated by NEC Networks to 2,420,141. For the past two months, DataBreaches.net has been tracking reports involving NEC Networks, LLC d/b/a CaptureRx. CaptureRx is a specialty pharmacy benefits manager whose services include prescription claims processing, patient assistance program administration, and public health service…
Nz: New Zealand health service hit by cyber attack
Zach Marzouk reports: A cyber attack hit part of New Zealand’s health service this week, and now hackers who claim to be behind the attack have made contact with health officials. The attack brought down the Waikato District Health Board’s (DHB) complete IT network on Tuesday which resulted in some appointments being cancelled. Read more on ITPro. The…
Russian-language hacking forum bans ransomware-related ads
XSS forum, one of the two most popular Russian-language forums with sites on clearnet and Tor, has announced that it is now banning ransomware-related ads. No more ransom! Friends, on our forum lockers (Ransomware) and everything connected with them are prohibited . Namely: Ransomware affiliate programs; Ransomware rental; sale of lockers (ransomware software); All topics matching this rule will be…
It seems we are not yet done hearing about the Netgain Technology breach (with updates)
And another (7/1) CentraCare Health and Carris Health – Willmar Lakeland Clinic (formerly known as Family Practice Medical Center) And another (6/16) Imperial Beach Community Clinic (Health Center Partners of Southern California (“HCP”) And another (6/14) Family Health Centers of San Diego (Health Center Partners of Southern California (“HCP”) And another (6/8) Minnesota Community Care …
Reported ransomware attack leads to weeks of Aprima EHR outages
This is the kind of news story that people may miss because it was published on a Friday afternoon. But it is one that shouldn’t be missed…. Kat Jercich reports: A reported ransomware attack on the CompuGroup Medical data center partner, MedNetwoRX, has impeded some customers’ access to their Aprima electronic health record systems…