KABC reports an update to an attack disclosed last month: San Bernardino County paid a $1.1 million ransom to hackers who infiltrated the Sheriff’s Department computers, officials acknowledged Friday. Last month, the department admitted a hack encrypted many of its files, disrupting systems and blocking access to data. County officials told ABC News on Friday…
NY: Catholic Health patients may have fallen victim to data breach by a consultant’s employee
Evan Anstey reports: Some of Catholic Health’s long-term care residents may have fallen victim to a data breach that took place over the summer. The health organization says Minimum Data Set Consultants (MDS), a firm that provides consulting services to skilled nursing facilities, was the target of the breach. MDS started investigating this in March,…
NHS launches probe after five-year-old takes records of 150 patients to school to use as ‘drawing paper’
Shaun Wooller reports: The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 patients to school to use as drawing paper. Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust confirmed it is investigating how the child got hold of the personal documents. However, it refused to say if any of the pupil’s relatives worked for…
WA: Adna School District Defrauded $346,000 in Phishing Scam
The Chronicle reports: The Adna School District was defrauded of $346,000 through what school officials have called a “sophisticated phishing scam,” according to Adna Superintendent Thad Nelson. The district announced the fraud in a detailed email to The Chronicle on Thursday, noting that after the activity was confirmed, the district notified the FBI, the Washington…
Uber’s former Chief Security Officer sentenced to three years probation for covering up massive data breach
SAN FRANCISCO – Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to serve a three-year term of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United States…
NY: University Urology notifies 56,816 patients of unauthorized access to their PHI
University Urology (UU) in New York City recently posted a notice about an incident on their website. Their notice, dated May 1, explains that on or about February 1, 2023, UU detected suspicious activity in its environment. The investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had gained access to protected health information stored in UU’s system….