On April 4, 2023, Maimonides Medical Center (“MMC”) discovered unauthorized access to patient information on one of its servers. Investigation revealed that the hacker had access to the server from March 18, 2023 to April 4, 2023. Information that might have been accessed included names and addresses and limited clinical information, including diagnosis and treatment…
School community OSG Hengelo closes deal with hackers after ransomware attack
Ruetir reports: OSG Hengelo says that at the moment it is still unclear exactly what data the hackers have obtained. “It is still under investigation. As soon as there is more clarity about this, we will tell you,” the board says in a response to students and parents. Employees and students can now use WiFi…
Commonwealth Health Physician Network-Cardiology notified 181,764 patients of network breach
Commonwealth Health Physician Network-Cardiology, also known as Great Valley Cardiology (GVC), has notified 181,764 patients of a network breach that resulted in access to protected health information that included names, addresses and demographic information such as dates of birth; Social Security, driver’s license and passport numbers; credit card or debit card and bank accounts; and…
Rhysida claims to have attacked Paris High School in Illinois
Schools continue to be an attractive and all-too-easy target for criminal groups. This week, Rhysida threat actors added Paris High School in Illinois to their leak site as an “auction” item: There is nothing on the district’s website to indicate any problems or breach. The only possible indicator currently found was on the district’s…
Cyberattack is a factor in Illinois hospital’s closure
Sean Lyngaas reports: A hospital in Illinois will close on Friday due in part to a cyberattack – a rare case of a health care provider publicly linking a hack incident to its closure. The 2021 cyberattack on St. Margaret’s Health, a hospital in Spring Valley, Illinois, hobbled computer systems for months and prevented it…
CloudSEK report says hackers don’t have access to CoWin’s backend database
Ayushman Kuman reports: A day after a Telegram bot provided access to the personal information of individuals who had reportedly registered for vaccination through the government’s CoWIN portal, an independent analysis by CloudSEK has shown that the threat actors do not have access to the entire portal or the backend database. CloudSEK is a Singapore-based…