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In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more tha… Continue reading OH: Memorial Health System notifies 216,478 patients of malware incident last July
Jan. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On or around November 30, 2021, Practolytics LLC (“Practolytics”) learned that it experienced a data security incident. A client-generated report containing COVID testing appointment information, which wo… Continue reading COVID testing appointment scheduling service discovers data breach
Roja Mayabrahma reports: The Cyberabad police on Thursday busted a fake call centre racket and arrested a seven-member gang. A total of Rs 1.11 crore cash, four laptops, 23 mobile phones, debit cards, cheque books and other articles from them. The arre… Continue reading International credit card fraud gang busted in Hyderabad, Rs 1.11 crore seized
Some ransomware groups have pledged not to attack healthcare facilities. Vice Society is not one of them, as their recent attack on a Spanish hospital reminds us. Amaveca Salud provides a number of in-patient and outpatient services and therapies. L… Continue reading Saved by the backups: Hospital Centro de Andalucia recovered quickly from ransomware attack
Another major Indian firm has fallen prey to a massive cyberattack. This time, the victim is a Fortune India 500 List company: Mumbai-headquartered Aditya Birla Group (ABG). The conglomerate includes Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd. (ABFRL) as well… Continue reading Major Indian fashion retailer hacked and data leaked
The National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC) will start mailing letters on Monday to 935 current and former employees to inform them of a data breach last year. According to a copy of their notification letter that was submitted to the … Continue reading National Association of Community Health Centers to notify current and former employees of data breach
It’s one thing to ignore ransom demands from threat actors, but how smart — or foolish — is it to be sarcastic or insulting to those who have exfiltrated files with your patients’ protected health information? DataBreaches.net w… Continue reading Compton and Broomhead Dental Center alleged victim of cyberattack
Salzer Health, Idaho As 2021 wound down, Salzer Health in Idaho reported a breach it had discovered on June 1. According to their notification, an employee’s email account had been compromised. Investigation showed the access began on May 25. On … Continue reading Out with the old, in with the new? Salzer Health, Broward Health report data breaches impacting protected health information
Someone on Twitter asked me what the first breach of 2022 would be. The following public notice is not the first breach of 2022. It is a 2021 breach that just showed up after midnight in my news search this morning. And because it involves a third-part… Continue reading UVA Health notified patients after Ciox Health data breach
The Medical Review Institute of America (“MRoIA”) collects protected health information (PHI) as part of providing clinical peer review for covered entities that request it (if the patient consents to provide info for the review). MRIoA was… Continue reading The Medical Review Institute of America notifies patients of ransomware incident