It’s relatively easy to identify which were the biggest breaches involving health data that were disclosed in 2016, but which of the hundreds of breaches disclosed were the worst ones if you look beyond the numbers? As in past years, we learned of devices with sensitive unencrypted health information being stolen from vehicles, paper records were found where they…
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GA: Vascular Surgical Associates Notifies Patients of Hack (updated)
Vascular Surgical Associates in Georgia has been notifying patients of a hack discovered in September. From their site: Vascular Surgical Associates Protected Health Information Breach Vascular Surgical Associates was recently the victim of a hacking incident that may have resulted in inappropriate access to certain information about you. On or about September 13, 2016, we…
Cyber-crooks menacing hospitals are put under the microscope
John Leyden reports: Cybercriminals are spreading into the healthcare sector even though the price per stolen medical record remains lower than for comparable financial account crime. From hospitals becoming victims of hacking attacks to Olympic champions getting their health records leaked by hackers, the health sector has become a major target for cybercrime. The most…
Peachtree Orthopedic Clinic notifies patients of hack (Update3)
Months after it was hacked by TheDarkOverlord, a second Atlanta orthopedic clinic notifies patients. Peachtree Orthopedic Clinic in Atlanta has disclosed that they were hacked. WSBTV has the story. But the hack wasn’t on September 22 as the news cast seems to suggest – that’s just when they confirmed it. This is all quite interesting, because I had…
Two more hacks with ransom demands, but is anyone paying? Part 2.
As noted in Part 1, hackers continue to issue ransom demands, but going to the media to put pressure on hacked entities does not seem to have improved their chances of convincing their victims to pay the ransom. In Part 1, I reported on what appears to be a hack of VI Pay, Inc., a payroll…
Two more hacks with ransom demands, but is anyone paying? Part 1.
Over the past few months, DataBreaches.net has reported on a number of hacking incidents where the attackers demanded ransom if the victims did not want to see their data publicly dumped or put up for sale. Some of the incidents involved TheDarkOverlord, who attacked a number of clinics in the healthcare sector. Other incidents involved a self-described…