Hospitals in multiple states diverting patients after Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack

It was predictable that threat actors would attack during Thanksgiving week when many people take off for the holiday and long weekend. Ardent Health Services was hit with a ransomware attack — and badly enough that hospitals wound up diverting e… Continue reading Hospitals in multiple states diverting patients after Ardent Health Services hit with ransomware attack

The big bad BlackCat tries to bully Hampton-Newport News CSB. Shame on BlackCat.

Hampton-Newport News CSB was recently added to AlphV’s leak site with a message about how they had stolen over 800 GB of sensitive data. “Appoint a responsible person to negotiate and let’s get down to business. Otherwise, every clien… Continue reading The big bad BlackCat tries to bully Hampton-Newport News CSB. Shame on BlackCat.

Mission Community Hospital issues notification for May 1 ransomware attack

Deanco Healthcare LLC, which does business as Mission Community Hospital (MCH) in California, has issued a breach notification about a ransomware attack it discovered in early May. According to their notification to the California Attorney General&#821… Continue reading Mission Community Hospital issues notification for May 1 ransomware attack

Network outage at UT Health East Texas causes the hospital to enter divert status

Robbie Heriman reports: After a potential security incident caused a network outage, UT Health East Texas enters a divert status. Prosecutors ask to effectively close case against top Italian, WHO officials over COVID-19 response According to UT Health… Continue reading Network outage at UT Health East Texas causes the hospital to enter divert status

A cyberattack on a U.K. accounting firm wound up leaking U.S. patient data. Now what?

DataBreaches would have passed over a listing on LockBit3.0’s site if Brett Callow hadn’t kindly called our attention to it. The listing by the threat actors was for  HSKS Greenhalgh Chartered Accountants and Business Advisors, and LockBit … Continue reading A cyberattack on a U.K. accounting firm wound up leaking U.S. patient data. Now what?

NoEscape gang continues to use DDoS to pressure reluctant victims to negotiate

Over on SuspectFile, Marco A. De Felice reports that the NoEscape ransomware gang is threatening to release 1.5 TB of data from PruittHealth Network. De Felice was unable to obtain any statements or responses from either PruittHealth or the threat acto… Continue reading NoEscape gang continues to use DDoS to pressure reluctant victims to negotiate