Brian Krebs reports: Synoptek, a California business that provides cloud hosting and IT management services to more than a thousand customers nationwide, suffered a ransomware attack this week that has disrupted operations for many of its clients, according to sources. The company has reportedly paid a ransom demand in a bid to restore operations as…
Vistaprint Logomaker files viewable due to insecure Amazon s3 bucket
Vistaprint. Everyone knows it and probably almost everyone knows somebody who has used the firm to design or print business cards, brochures, or other business-related stationery or marketing-related materials. Recently I was on Vistaprint’s site to create a new logo for ctrlbox.com. To my unpleasant surprise, I discovered that the preview of my logo displayed…
IL: Former Lurie Children’s employee wrongfully accessed patient data, hospital says
WLS reports: Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago is notifying some of its patients about a former employee’s access of patients’ medical records. On Nov. 15, the hospital learned that between Sept. 10, 2018 and Sept. 22, 2019, an employee accessed certain patients’ medical records without a business reason to do so,…
TX: San Antonio mental health and substance abuse services provider hit by ransomware attack
Laura Garcia reports: A cyber attack has shut down the computer network at the Center for Health Care Services, Bexar County’s largest provider of mental health and substance abuse services. CEO Jelynne LeBlanc Burley confirmed Tuesday that the company’s system was included in a larger-scale cyber attack last week that’s under investigation by federal law…
Georgia Supreme Court resuscitates patient lawsuit against Athens Orthopedic Clinic
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.