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On August 8, Columbia River Mental Health Services (“CRMHS”) in Washington State notified HHS about a data security breach involving some employee email accounts. A press release about the incident claims that CRMHS recently became aware of suspicious … Continue reading WA: Columbia River Mental Health Services issues preliminary media notice of a breach
Aidan Hulting reported the following on August 19: Fremont County officials say the county is still suffering from a cyberattack that took down county government systems on Wednesday, August 17th. The attack caused Fremont County Government buildings a… Continue reading CO: Fremont County cyberattack update
Brazil – Prefeitura do Rio The Prefeitura do Rio posted an announcement on its website about a cyberattack. In machine translation, it reads: Rio’s City Hall systems suffered a hacker attack in the early hours of Monday, 08/15. All services… Continue reading Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)
Erin Robinson reports: Whitworth University officials say they have reached a “final resolution” in a network security breach. The university’s information systems were hacked in late July. A message to the Whitworth community says there is a chance pe… Continue reading Whitworth reaches ‘final resolution’ in network security breach
On August 4, Practice Resources, LLC notified the California Attorney General’s Office that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack on April 12. They also notified HHS that 942,138 patients were affected by the breach (see below). The New Y… Continue reading NY: Practice Resources, LLC notifies 942,138 patients after ransomware attack
On August 5, Atlantic Dialysis Management Services (ADMS) in New York issued a press release that no longer appears to be available on any of the sites that published it — with one exception. ADMS also posted a security incident notice on its web… Continue reading Atlantic Dialysis Management Services notifies patients of data security incident
On May 31, with the cooperation of Moroccan authorities, the U.S. secured the detention of Sebastien Raoult. Raoult is a 21-year-old French national who had been vacationing in Morocco and was about to take a flight to Belgium. The U.S. alleges Raoult … Continue reading Exclusive: Has France thrown a French national to U.S. prosecutorial wolves? Pourquoi?
Andrew Goldman reports: Thousands of radiology images, including breast screenings, of Dorset patients have been accidentally deleted. University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) has insisted implications to patients are “very low” after the Echo discovered appr… Continue reading UK: Around 5,000 Dorset hospital patient images deleted
Conifer Revenue Cycle Solutions provided notice on Friday concerning a breach on January 20, 2022, when an unauthorized individual accessed a Microsoft Office 365-hosted business email account. Conifer discovered the breach on April 14, 2022. The emai… Continue reading When 2+2 = OMG: Two hospitals, two breaches each, both discovered in same month.
Mexico – Quintana Roo Police officers arrested on Wednesday a man identified as Levis “N.” He is suspected of stealing bank data and credit cards from users at ATMs in Cancun. Read more at RadioFormulaQR. But that is not the only ne… Continue reading Bits ‘n Pieces (Trozos y Piezas)