Allison Bruhl reports: Louisiana Special School District employees were notified of a cyber attack on Friday, June 28, a little more than a month after it was discovered. According to the superintendent on July 3, the Louisiana State Police’s Cyber Crimes Division was contacted after an Akira ransomware breach was found on May 24. “Our…
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Florida Community Health Centers to notify almost 300,000 of ransomware attack
As DataBreaches recently reported, in June 2023, SysInformation Healthcare Services d/b/a EqualizeRCM discovered a ransomware attack. One year later, we still don’t know how many clients and patients were affected. But SysInformation wasn’t the only entity that suffered a ransomware attack in June 2023 that hadn’t sent notifications by now. Florida Community Health Centers (FCHC)…
How many clients and patients were affected by a ransomware attack on EqualizeRCM? We have no idea.
On August 17, 2023, SysInformation Healthcare Services, LLC, d/b/a EqualizeRCM (“SysInformation”) notified HHS of a breach. The firm, a business associate that provides revenue and billing cycle management services, reported that 501 patients had been affected. That number is generally interpreted as a placeholder marker when the entity has not yet figured out the real…
Infosys McCamish Systems ransomware attack affected more than 6 million people
Infosys McCamish Systems (“IMS”) in Atlanta provides software and services to the life insurance industry. In October 2023, it was the victim of a ransomware attack that affected 6,078,263 people. As they explain in a notification to the Maine Attorney General’s Office, they were providing notification on their own behalf as a data owner and…
Maryhaven addiction and treatment centers hit by ransomware attack
On June 13, the INC Ransom group added Maryhaven in Ohio to their leak site. DataBreaches subsequently contacted Maryhaven to inquire what it was doing in response to INC’s claims. They did not reply, but subsequently posted a notice on their website that said, in part: We are aware that some of our systems are…
SEC Charges R.R. Donnelley for Ransomware Attack Response
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: On June 18, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) announced a settlement with R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (“RRD”), a global provider of business communication and marketing services, for violating the internal controls and disclosure controls provisions of federal securities laws in relation to Donnelley’s response to a 2021 ransomware attack….