Arizona Health Advantage, Inc. d/b/a Arizona Priority Care and AZPC Clinics, LLC (“APC”) are healthcare providers and business associates. On February 1, they notified HHS of an incident that affected 10,978 patients. As a business associate, their report to HHS was filed on behalf of Alignment Health Plan of Arizona, Inc. and Alignment Health Insurance…
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New Picus Red Report warns of “Swiss Army knife” malware
The versatility of the latest malware is demonstrated by the fact that a third of the total sample analyzed by Picus Labs is capable of exhibiting more than 20 individual Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs). San Francisco, US, 14th February 2023– Picus Security, the pioneer of Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS), has released The Red Report 2023, an in-depth analysis…
Community Health Systems estimates 1 million patients impacted by vendor’s GoAnywhere breach
Sometimes our first report of a data breach comes in an 8-K filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such is the case with a breach affecting Community Health Systems, Inc. in Tennessee. In its 8-k filing of February 13, CHS discloses that they were recently notified by Fortra, LLC, a third party vendor of…
And two more class action settlements….
Electromed In August 2021, DataBreaches noted reports that Electromed had been hacked, and the incident affected employees and customers. Electromed later reported the incident to HHS as impacting 47,200 patients. According to subsequent disclosures, this was a ransomware incident that Electromed had discovered in June. In September 2021, a potential class action lawsuit was filed…
Technion University hacked and locked; previously unknown attackers demand 80 BTC
The Technion, which is the Technology Institute of Israel, confirms it has been the victim of a ransomware attack by threat actors demanding 80 BTC ransom to unlock the data. According to the ransom note sent by attackers, the school’s network was locked. Their ransom note, first published by Erez Dasa on Telegram, begins: Dear…
Medical records for 4,158 Garrison Women’s Health patients lost due to attack on IT vendor
Fosters reports: Medical records of Garrison Women’s Health patients were recently “subject to unauthorized third-party activity,” according to information released Friday evening by Wentworth-Douglass Hospital. For 4,158 patients, data such as appointment records and some personal health information cannot be restored, according to Adam Bagni, spokesperson for the hospital. The hospital states “there is no evidence” the information…