On February 16, DataBreaches.net reported that Conti threat acctors had apparently attacked Rehoboth Mckinley Christian Health Care Services, Inc (RMCHCS) in New Mexico. As it has done in similar attacks, the threat actors dumped a small sample of files as proof. The files include copies of handwritten injury reports and other reports related to named individuals’…
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Irish patients’ data stolen by hackers shows up in negotiation chat
Laura Noonan in Dublin and James Shotter in Warsaw report: Medical and personal information about Irish patients stolen by hackers last week is now being shared online, screenshots and files seen by the Financial Times show. The records offered online by hackers to further their demands for almost $20m in ransom also include internal health…
Judge lets novel claim stand in UHS patient data breach lawsuit
Brendan Pierson reports: A federal judge has narrowed a lawsuit brought by patients against hospital operator Universal Health Services Inc over a data breach last year, finding that merely having their data exposed did not give patients standing to sue but that one plaintiff could go forward with a claim that he was harmed because…
UT: Astro Team threat actors dump patient-related files allegedly from Eduro Healthcare
Eduro Healthcare is a Salt Lake City, Utah based company providing transitional care, skilled nursing and rehabilitation services, and assisted living. Eduro provides an email address to use for contact. Sadly, it does not work. Nor do they seem to respond to contact form messages. Or emails to their executives. On April 7, a relatively…
Ca: Toronto plastic surgeon’s licence suspended over social media posts, surveillance of patients without consent
Caitlin Taylor and Makda Ghebreslassie report: A Toronto plastic surgeon and self-styled social media influencer has had his licence to practise medicine suspended. In a decision released on May 12, the disciplinary committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) suspended the licence of Dr. Martin Jugenburg — who goes by Dr….
TX: Gastroenterology Consultants, P.A. hit by ransomware in January, but patients not notified yet?
Back in December, this site reported on a ransomware incident affecting Gastroenterology Consultants, LTD in Nevada. They had been the target of Conti threat actors, and they reported the incident to HHS in January as impacting 2,500 patients. Yesterday,, I saw another listing for Gastroenterology Consultants, but this is Gastroenterology Consultants, P.A. in Houston, Texas….