Protenus has published its Breach Barometer for April, with data and some analyses provided by this site. The analyses were based on the following incidents: Amedisys Home Health Area Agency of Aging 1-B: On March 31, 2017 the Area Agency on Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) became aware of an unintentional potential disclosure of the personal health information…
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How ECMC got hacked by cyber extortionists
Henry L. Davis provides some greater depth to the coverage of the ransomware attack on Erie County Medical Center: It was 2 a.m. Palm Sunday. Computer screens across Erie County Medical Center flashed white with bright red words: “What happened to your files?” The ransom demands began with hot pink text. “Step1: You must send us…
Is FBI Telling Hollywood to “Pay the Ransom?”
Tatiana Siegel reports that there have been “at least a half-dozen extortion attempts against Hollywood firms over the past six months alone, say sources in the cybersecurity industry.” And things are so bad, it seems, that: The frequency of the attacks has overwhelmed the FBI’s Los Angeles field office, which has been unable to properly…
Hackers exploit stolen U.S. spy agency tool to launch global cyberattack
Costas Pitas and Carlos Ruano report: A global cyberattack leveraging hacking tools widely believed by researchers to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency hit international shipper FedEx, disrupted Britain’s health system and infected computers in nearly 100 countries on Friday. Cyber extortionists tricked victims into opening malicious malware attachments to spam emails…
TheDarkOverlord dumps 180,000 patients’ records from 3 hacks
While thousands of their followers on Twitter seem to be eagerly waiting for TheDarkOverlord (TDO) to dump more tv films or episodes of popular series, TDO went non-fiction this morning, dumping patient/medical records from some of their hacks in the healthcare sector last year. All told, almost 180,000 patients had their personal information shared with the world. Two of…
Harrisburg Gastroenterology notifies patients of data security incident
Harrisburg Gastroenterology, Ltd. issued a press release yesterday that leaves a lot of questions unanswered: Harrisburg Gastroenterology, Ltd. announced today that it is notifying individuals related to a privacy incident involving certain patient information. On March 17, 2017, following an investigation of potentially suspicious system activity, Harrisburg Gastroenterology determined that an unauthorized individual could have…