The Georgia Supreme Court has breathed new life into a lawsuit by patients of Athens Orthopedic Clinic (AOC) whose data were stolen by thedarkoverlord in 2016. In a decision issued this week, the judges unanimously reversed the Court of Appeals’ dismissal of the lawsuit, vacated other parts of their ruling, and remanded the case. At…
NM: Portales hospital reports security breach after discovering malware on radiology server
ABC reports: Roosevelt General Hospital patients should keep an eye on their credit scores following a potential breach into the hospital’s secure systems containing personal information. RGH issued a public notice Monday regarding the potential theft of patients’ personal information that was discovered on Nov. 14. Read more on ABC.
AL: DCH Health System patients file federal suit over ransomware attack
Howard Koplowitz reports: Four patients of the DCH Health System filed a federal class-action lawsuit Monday alleging that the three west Alabama Hospitals violated health information privacy laws and disrupted their medical care when the system was hit with a ransomware attack in October. The four patients accuse the health system of negligence, invasion of…
Sherwood telemarketing company temporarily shuts down, blames cyber attack ransom
Shelby Rose reports on a ransomware incident in Arkansas: A Sherwood telemarketing agency has unexpectedly closed its doors, leaving over 300 employees without jobs a few days before Christmas. In a letter to employees, CEO of The Heritage Company, Sandra Franecke saying their servers were attacked by hackers, who demanded a ransom, which they paid…
Israeli spyware allegedly used to target Pakistani officials’ phones
Stephanie Kirchgaessner reports: The mobile phones of at least two dozen Pakistani government officials were allegedly targeted earlier this year with technology owned by the Israeli spyware company NSO Group, the Guardian has learned. Scores of Pakistani senior defence and intelligence officials were among those who could have been compromised, according to sources familiar with…
Chinese hacker group caught bypassing 2FA
Catalin Cimpanu reports: Security researchers say they found evidence that a Chinese government-linked hacking group has been bypassing two-factor authentication (2FA) in a recent wave of attacks. The attacks have been attributed to a group the cyber-security industry is tracking as APT20, believed to operate on the behest of the Beijing government, Dutch cyber-security firm…