In May, 2020, Assured Imaging in Arizona experienced a ransomware attack that they revealed in August, 2020.The incident reportedly impacted 244,813 patients. The data dump by the Pysa threat actors contained a lot of ePHI that appeared to be mostly mammography pre-screening histories or forms with data types such as medical record number, names, addresses,…
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Nz: Waikato DHB cyber attack: Govt says it will not pay ransom to hackers
NZ Herald reports: The Government won’t pay a ransom to those behind the Waikato DHB cyber attack which crashed the board’s entire system last Tuesday. A group claiming to be responsible for the cyber attack claimed today that it had accessed confidential patient notes, staff details and financial information. Health Minister Andrew Little said he was…
Ch: Siegfried affected by attack on its IT systems
Siegfried pharmaceutical published a statement on its web site on May 23: The Siegfried Group’s IT network has become the target of a malware attack. The company immediately initiated extensive measures to ensure the safety of its employees and facilities at all times and to avert further damage. The root cause has been identified and the…
Some incidents reported in France this week
Some incidents that were reported in France this week: The University of Franche-Comté reported what L’Est Républicain described as a major attack n May 14. Some users received emails with malicious attachments. There does not seem to be any follow-up or notice on the university’s page, so it’s not clear how major this really was…
CNA Financial Paid $40 Million in Ransom After March Cyberattack
Kartikay Mehrotra and William Turton report: CNA Financial Corp., among the largest insurance companies in the U.S., paid $40 million in late March to regain control of its network after a ransomware attack, according to people with knowledge of the attack. The Chicago-based company paid the hackers about two weeks after a trove of company…
Cz: National library reports outage due to cyberattack
Last month, DataBreaches.net reported an attack on the municipality of Olomouc in the Czech Republic. This month, we report an attack on Národní knihovna ČR, the national library of the Czech Republic. CTK of iDNES reports that it was the target of an overnight cyber attack. Threat actors: attacked the lending system. After the attack was…