Richard Craver reports: Lexington Medical Center said Friday that some patients have been affected by a data breach into the information technology platform of former third-party vendor Healthgrades Operating Co. Inc. The hospital said affected patients are being mailed notices by Healthgrades about the security incident. Healthgrades had assisted the hospital with patient and community…
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Threat actors leak files with protected health information from U. Miami
In December and January, threat actors successfully exploited multiple vulnerabilities in an older file transfer system by Accellion. A number of Accellion’s clients subsequently found themselves on the receiving end of extortion demands to either pay the threat actors, or have their data dumped publicly. A number of firms apparently refused to pay, and their…
MO: Park Hill schools closed Monday due to malware attack
Katelyn Brown reports: The Park Hill School District was forced to cancel classes Monday due to a malware attack on the district. Classes were canceled for both in-person and online students. A Facebook post explaining the incident was shared just before 7 a.m. Read more on KSHB. h/t, @Chum1ng0 Update: The district opted not to…
Kentucky Wesleyan College notice of data security incident – should the FTC investigate?
As posted on their web site on March 20, KWC reveals an incident that they became aware of in September 2020. Kentucky Wesleyan College experienced a Network Security Incident, resulting in the temporary loss of availability to its files and systems. We have since resolved the Incident and implemented additional security measures. Although there was…
AZ: Maricopa Community Colleges cancel classes amid cybersecurity issue
KTAR reports: The Maricopa County Community College District announced Friday it has canceled classes until March 29 after a cybersecurity issue forced its network system offline. In a statement on its website, the district said the network outage was due to suspicious activity that appears to be related to a potential cyber attack. Read more on KTAR…
Ca: Nunavut schools confirm school information system vendor suffered ransomware attack
On March 3, this site noted that a security incident affecting Manitoba school districts sounded like a ransomware attack on Edsembli. Yesterday, Nunavut’s Department of Education confirmed it was a ransomware attack on the territory’s school information system that stores grades, attendance and student enrolment. That system is maintained by Edsembli. No data has reportedly…