Hall County first posted a notice about a ransomware attack on October 7. Since then, they have posted updates on their site, including the restoration of their phone services. Nothing has been revealed about who the attackers might be or what any ransom demand might have been. Thanks to @Chum1ng0 for submitting this link.
Dr Lal PathLabs, one of India’s largest blood test labs, exposed patient data
Zack Whittaker and Manish Singh report: Dr Lal PathLabs, one of the largest lab testing companies in India, left a huge cache of patient data on a public server for months, TechCrunch has learned. The lab testing giant, headquartered in New Delhi, serves some 70,000 patients a day, and quickly became a major player in testing…
Medical data of 150 Toronto hospital patients allegedly used to extort money from company
Katherine DeClerq reports: A Toronto hospital says that roughly 150 patients have been impacted by a data breach after a third-party employee allegedly stole medical reports in an effort to extort money from their company after being let go. According to a letter sent on Sept. 30 by a privacy and information access specialist at Unity…
Blackbaud Data Breach: Non-Profit Foundations (Part One)
Marco A. De Felice aka @amvinfe has begun a series of articles on the Blackbaud breach. He begins with Blackbaud’s initially inaccurate claims that no Social Security numbers, bank account data, or sensitive details had been accessed and exfiltrated. As most people know by now, Blackbaud had to issue an update to its original notification,…
MS: AAA Ambulance Service experienced ransomware attack
The Journal of Emergency Medical Services reports that AAA Ambulance Service in Mississippi was the target of an attempted ransomware attack over the summer. A notice posted on the ambulance service’s site explains that on or about July 1, they discovered an attempted attack, and took immediate steps to prevent the encryption of their systems…
Cyber attack on server delays Mumbai university’s IDOL course exams
Shreya Bhandary reports: For the second day in a row, exams for the distance education wing of the University of Mumbai had to be postponed. In a statement released by the Institute of Distance and Open Learning (IDOL), authorities explained that the technical glitches were a result of a cyberattack on the examination server. Close…