More than two months after Fortra first began notifying clients that threat actors had exploited a vulnerability in GoAnywhere, many patients whose protected health information was stolen may still have no clue. In Part 1, we note entities that have already disclosed the breach. In Part 2, we will note those entities that do not…
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Tracking the Adelanto Healthcare Ventures breach on DataBreaches.net
Yesterday, DataBreaches reported that a vendor’s breach discovered in November 2021 was first being disclosed by a number of hospitals. Rather than do separate posts as each additional hospital becomes known, you can bookmark that post, where you can scroll down and find updates as DataBreaches becomes aware of them. At the present time, we…
Hospitals owned by Universal Health Services start filing breach reports about Adelanto HealthCare Ventures breach in 2021 (Update5)
Happening now: A number of hospitals are filing breach notices this week that appear to be linked to a breach at Adelanto HealthCare Ventures (AHCV) in 2021. The hospitals are all owned by Universal Health Services LLC (UHS). So far, DataBreaches has found McAllen Hospitals, LP d/b/a South Texas Health System, Doctors Hospital of Laredo,…
New threat group hacked EU healthcare agency and embassies, researchers say
Jonathan Greig reports: A new hacking group is targeting European countries and organizations in an espionage campaign that began in June 2022, according to new research. Cisco’s Talos cybersecurity team calls the new group “YoroTrooper” and said it has already successfully compromised accounts connected to a “critical” European Union healthcare agency and the World Intellectual…
Data Exfiltration Trends in Healthcare
From the Office of Information Security / HHS and the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center: Data Exfiltration Trends in Healthcare March 9, 2023
Medicare under attack: Healthcare data breaches increase fraud risks
Melissa D. Berry reports: Stealing Medicare beneficiary identification numbers has become the latest goal for cybercriminals who see this data as even more valuable than stolen credit cards. A South Florida man pled guilty in federal court in late-January to “conspiring to buy and sell more than 2.6 million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers” and other…