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DataBreaches has previously reported some of the developing news concerning a cyberattack on Cencora/Lash Group. Our coverage focused on affected U.S. entities, but Canadian and UK entities were also affected. Wire News Fax reports: Medical and person… Continue reading Ca: Innomar Strategies patients affected by a cyber attack
Posted June 12 on Ascension’s website: “We have made progress in our investigation and recovery with the help of third-party cybersecurity experts. At this point, we now have evidence that indicates that the attackers were able to take files fro… Continue reading Ascension Cybersecurity Event Update
Although some threat groups or affiliates have sworn off attacking the medical sector with ransomware, not all have. On Sunday evening, June 2, Special Health Resources (“SHR”) posted a notice on their Facebook account: We are currently exp… Continue reading Special Health Resources’ “technical difficulties” are due to a ransomware attack
The Perry Johnson & Associates (PJ&A) data breach was the biggest reported breach involving protected health information in 2023, with more than 13 million patients affected1. Now WBEZ in Chicago reports that there is a federal criminal investi… Continue reading Federal criminal investigation involving Perry Johnson & Associates data breach
Adventist Health Tulare has issued a press release about a breach at a business associate in Nebraska. The June 7 press release states, “A data security incident was recently discovered by Signature Performance, an agency working on behalf of Adv… Continue reading 70,000 Adventist Health Tulare patients being notified of HIPAA breach by payment collections associate
What happens when threat actors leak data on the dark web but the victim entity doesn’t access it in time to figure out what was leaked? That’s what happened to PruittHealth in Georgia last year. How many people are they notifying because t… Continue reading PruittHealth was hacked back in November. Here’s what we STILL don’t know.
In March 2023, United Seating and Mobility, LLC, d/b/a Numotion (“Numotion”) paid the government $7 million to resolve allegations that it made false claims in submitting reimbursement requests to Kentucky Medicaid, two of Kentucky Medicai… Continue reading Numotion data breach affected 602,265 patients
Denis Campbell and Dan Milmo report: A cyber-attack thought to have been carried out by a Russian group has forced London NHS hospitals to resurrect long-discarded paper records systems in which porters hand-deliver blood test results because IT networ… Continue reading Update: London NHS hospitals revert to paper records after cyber-attack
James Coker reports: Leading London hospitals have been forced to cancel operations and divert emergency patients following a cyber-attack on a critical supplier. The incident has affected Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Tr… Continue reading Critical Incident: London Hospitals Cancel Operations Following Ransomware Incident at Synnovis
May 31 – Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published an update to the frequently asked questions (FAQs) webpage concerning the Change Healthcare cybersecurity incident. The webpage, first… Continue reading HHS OCR: Covered entities affected by the Change Healthcare breach may delegate tasks of providing HIPAA breach notifications to Change Healthcare