We also stop all activity versus all kinds of medical organizations until the stabilization of the situation with virus. — Maze Team, March 18, 2020. Three days after issuing a press release claiming that they would stop all activity against all kinds of medical organizations, Maze Team appears to have gone back on its word….
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Tandem Diabetes Care notifies customers of phishing incident
Update: This incident was reported to HHS on March 17 as impacting 140,781 patients. Their press release: Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (“Tandem”) is committed to protecting the confidentiality and security of our customers’ information. Regrettably, this notice is to inform our customers of a recent phishing incident that may have involved some customer information. What…
Ransomware attackers pledge to back off attacking medical entities during pandemic
“We’re all in this together” took on new meaning yesterday when a ransomware gang published a statement saying that they were offering their victims (whom they refer to as “partners”) discounts. And in response to an inquiry by Lawrence Abrams of Bleeping Computer, Maze Team also committed to not attacking medical entities during this pandemic…
UK: Covid-19 response forces halt to NHS cyber security checks
Nick Carding reports from the between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place dept.: Security checks to keep the NHS safe from hackers have been delayed to help managers deal with covid-19. The service has also been warrned of attempts to exploit the pandemic by online fraudsters. The six-month delay means NHS trusts do not need to complete a cybersecurity checklist until…
Urgent care walk-in centers in Texas and Florida suffer cyberattacks
Attacks on the healthcare sector continue, but as this blogger observed in reporting on hacks by thedarkoverlord, it’s often the attackers who first reveal the breaches while the victims may not even reply to inquiries. AffordaCare Urgent Care Clinic is a walk-in urgent care clinic network in Texas that advertises that they can provide care…
Northeast Radiology notifies patients of PACS data security incident
Note: Northeast Radiology issued a press release yesterday about a data security incident that their healthcare management services provider, Alliance HealthCare Services, notified them about. DataBreaches.net noted that Alliance notified Northeast Radiology on January 11, 2020 — the day after TechCrunch reported updated research on the problem with exposed PACS leaking protected health information. Although…