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ABC reports: Thousands of South Australian public health patients are being contacted over a data breach of a third-party run portal. The state government said “unintentional human error” by patient portal Personify Care allowed an “u… Continue reading South Australian health patients caught up in data breach of third-party platform Personify Care
Meagan DeLaurier reports: An update on service interruptions at local hospitals. On Monday, it was reported that Windsor Regional Hospital, Hotel Dieu Grace, Erie Shores Healthcare, Hospice of Windsor-Essex and the Chatham-Kent Health Alliance were exp… Continue reading Cyber Attack Causing Service Interruptions At Ontario Hospitals
On September 24, Cook County Health and Hospitals System (CCH) in Illinois notified HHS of a breach. At the time, CCH reported that 500 patients were affected. The “500” entry is usually just a marker to indicate that the entity knows that … Continue reading Cook County Health and Hospitals System terminates relationship with medical transcription service, notifying patients of breach
Steven Ardary reports: A South Carolina software company has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement for a 2020 ransomware event that exposed the personal information of millions of consumers in the United States. South Carolina Attorney General Al… Continue reading Blackbaud settles breach probe by states for nearly $50M
Christopher Brown reports: More than 100 lawsuits arising from a cyberattack on Progress Software Corp.‘s MOVEit file transfer application will be consolidated in federal court in Massachusetts, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation said. Cent… Continue reading MOVEit Data Breach Lawsuits Sent to Massachusetts Federal Court
Add Aretis Health LLC to the list of entities affected by the MOVEit breach. Aretis performs billing functions for NorthStar Anesthesia, and made notification to patients and HHS on behalf of the following entities: AmSol Physicians of Elkin, NC, PLLC … Continue reading Aretis Health LLC notifies patients of 50 entities about MOVEit breach
Progress Software WS_FTP Critical Vulnerabilities Executive Summary Progress Software, the maker of the MOVEit file transfer software which was widely exploited by the CL0P ransomware-as-a-service (Raas) group, has released a new advisory regarding mul… Continue reading HC3: Sector Alert Progress Software WS_FTP Critical Vulnerabilities
Devlin Barrett and Spencer S. Hsu report: A Washington-based consultant for the Internal Revenue Service was charged Friday with stealing the tax returns of former president Donald Trump and thousands of wealthy Americans in 2019 and 2020 and providing… Continue reading IRS consultant charged in leak of tax returns for Trump, wealthy Americans
Priscilla Alvarez and Sean Lyngaas report: Senior Department of Homeland Security officials are working to determine if a ransomware attack on government contractor Johnson Controls International has compromised sensitive physical security information … Continue reading DHS investigating whether floor plans and other security information were exposed in ransomware attack on contractor
ChildFund in New Zealand has issued a public notice about a data breach involving a telemarketing company, Pareto Phone Limited. ChildFund had contracted with Pareto in 2014 to conduct fundraising activity on its behalf. ChildFund does not say when it … Continue reading ChildFund NZ discloses third-party breach