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On September 7, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with the United Kingdom, sanctioned 11 individuals who are alleged to be part of the Russia-based Trickbot cybercrime group. At the same time… Continue reading Conti member indicted for role in 2021 Scripps Health ransomware attack
In March, Texas Medical Liability Trust on behalf of itself and its affiliates, Texas Medical Insurance Company, Physicians Insurance Company, and Lone Star Alliance, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (collectively “TMLT”) filed a breach notification with t… Continue reading Texas Medical Liability Trust updates its data breach notification; now provides notification on behalf of almost 60,000 individuals
Mitchell Kukulka reports: A potential cybercrime is causing classes to be cut to a half day in East Jackson Community Schools on Tuesday, Sept. 12, officials said. The incident currently is under investigation by the Blackman-Leoni Department of Public… Continue reading MI: Cybercrime investigation causes half-day for East Jackson schools
Claudia Glover reports: Save the Children appears to have been hacked by the Chinese data extortion gang BianLian, according to data posted to the latter’s victim blog. Though it does not mention the charity by name, the cybercrime organisation claims … Continue reading Save the Children confirms systems breach
KSTP reports: St. Paul Public Schools notified families and staff last week of a “data security incident” last winter that may have exposed students’ names and email addresses. In a letter sent out on Friday, the district said it became aware of the is… Continue reading St. Paul Public Schools notifies families of data breach from February
On August 29, DataBreaches reported that Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) and Prevea Health appeared to have been the victims of a ransomware attack. As of today, the notice on Prevea Health states, “HSHS and Prevea are experiencing a system… Continue reading Hospital Sisters Health System’s CFO exits as it continues to handle ‘cybersecurity incident’
Long-time readers may recall a story in January 2017 about a luxury hotel that reportedly paid extortion to ransomware attackers because guests were locked in their rooms. Some of the story was ultimately considered to be fake news, although the whole … Continue reading MGM Resorts hit in disruptive cyberattack
On September 11, Psych Associates of Maryland LLC d/b/a Bloom Health Centers (“Bloom Health”), a mental health service provider, announced a data security incident that involved the personal and protected health information of some clinicia… Continue reading Bloom Health Centers discloses data breach involving mental health data of 1,545 patients
On August 3, Prospect Medical Holdings disclosed a ransomware attack that affected some of its 16 hospitals and 10 clinics, including three hospitals in Connecticut and hospitals run by Crozer Health. Although they have made some progress with recovery… Continue reading Rhysida claims responsibility for attacks on two U.S. health systems
LA Care, the largest publicly operated health plan in the country paid $1,300,000 to settle Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the Health Insurance Po… Continue reading HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles with L.A. Care Health Plan Over Potential HIPAA Security Rule Violations