Jay Jay reports: In a letter sent to about 1,700 patients, Lister Fertility Clinic said that a ransomware attack on Stor-a-file Limited, a firm that scans medical records for the clinic, compromised the sensitive information of patients. […] The document management firm said that the ransomware attack affected 13 organisations, six of them in the healthcare sector….
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Waikato DHB warned a cyber attack ‘catastrophic for patient safety’
Natalie Akoorie reports: The Waikato District Health Board was warned its IT security was inadequate and severely compromised just months before a massive ransomware attack that brought Waikato Hospital to its knees. The internal cyber security document dated December last year also warned that a lack of training meant staff posed an unintentional threat to…
N.L. patient, employee data stolen in health-care cyberattack
Alex Kennedy reports: Hackers stole personal information connected to both patients and employees in the Eastern Health and Labrador-Grenfell Health regions of Newfoundland and Labrador’s health-care system as part of a recent cyberattack, according to officials. The information was accessed through the province’s Meditech data repository, which includes a patient information database as well as…
Maxim Healthcare notifies patients of breach that occurred in October, 2020
On November 4, Maxim Healthcare Group, including Maxim Healthcare Services and Maxim Healthcare Staffing (collectively “Maxim Healthcare”) issued a press release about a breach — a press release they describe as issued “out of an abundance of caution.” That sounds like they had an option not to disclose. I would think that they were required…
Black Shadow hackers leak medical records of 290,000 Israeli patients
The Times of Israel reports: In its second major leak in a day, the Black Shadow hacking group on Tuesday night uploaded what it said was the full database of personal information from Israel’s Machon Mor medical institute, including medical records of some 290,000 patients. The directory reportedly includes information on patients’ blood tests, treatments,…
JEV Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics notifies patients of malware incident
JEV Plastic Surgery & Medical Aesthetics in Maryland has issued a press release about a malware incident. According to their notice, an unauthorized actor accessed their systems and may have viewed or acquired certain patient information between April 30, 2021 and June 14, 2021. The types of personal and/or medical information that may have been accessible by…