Data Breaches

Ransomware Extortion Threat Actors Post Data from 4 Healthcare Entities

by Jessica Davis

In the last few weeks, the ransomware hackers behind Conti, Babuk, and Avaddon leaked data they claim to have stolen from at least five healthcare entities, which should serve as a warning to the...

Data of 50K PACE Program Patients Stolen from PeakTPA Cloud Servers

by Jessica Davis

Healthcare business associate Peak TPA is notifying 50,000 PACE program patients that their data was stolen from two of its cloud servers by an attacker. The third-party administrator supports claims...

41 States Settle with AMCA Over 2019 Data Breach Affecting 21M Patients

by Jessica Davis

The Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, d/b/a American Medical Collection Agency reached a with 41 state attorneys general, which could lead to a $21 million fine, to resolve a multistate investigation...

Trillium, SIU Medicine Added to Tally of Accellion FTA Breach Victims

by Jessica Davis

Trillium Community Health Plan and the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine recently reported some of their patient data was involved in the exploit of Accellion’s File Transfer...

100K Patients Impacted by Cochise Eye and Laser Ransomware Attack

by Jessica Davis

Arizona-based Cochise Eye and Laser recently notified 100,000 patients that their data was potentially compromised or deleted after a ransomware attack on January 13. The provider operates three sites...

UHS Ransomware Attack Cost $67M in Lost Revenue, Recovery Efforts

by Jessica Davis

The ransomware attack that resulted in EHR outages at all 400 Universal Healthcare Services’ care sites for about three weeks last year, resulted in about $67 million in lost operating...

FBI Finds Data of 79K Gore Medical Patients from 2017 Data Theft

by Jessica Davis

Georgia-based Gore Medical Management, doing business as Family Medical Center, recently notified 79,100 patients that the FBI discovered some of their data on a third-party computer. The FBI alerted...

Dark Web Analysis: Healthcare Risks Tied to Database Leaks, Credentials

by Jessica Davis

A new report from CybelAngel analysts provides insight into just how hackers are getting into healthcare networks, from providers leaving databases wide open to attacks, to credential...

Hospital Recovers from Ransomware; Vendor Incidents Hit Kroger, Provider

by Jessica Davis

In the last few days, three healthcare-related entities reported data breaches or system outages due to ransomware. Kroger informed patients it was part of the massive Accellion data breach, and...

Sutter Buttes Imaging PACS Vulnerability Causes 18 Month Data Breach

by Jessica Davis

Sutter Buttes Imaging (SBI) is notifying an undisclosed number of patients that their data was compromised for 18 months, due to a leak caused by a vulnerability in its third-party IT...

Ransomware Actors Leak Data From 3 More Healthcare-Related Entities

by Jessica Davis

The treat actors behind Avaddon, Conti, and REvil ransomware have yet again leaked more data from healthcare-related entities. The latest data dumps include troves of health information allegedly...

219K Nebraska Medicine Patients Affected by Fall Ransomware Attack

by Jessica Davis

A ransomware attack that struck Nebraska Medicine in the Fall potentially led to the data theft and compromise of information from 219,000 patients. The September security incident spurred...

US Fertility Sued Over Ransomware Attack, Health Data Exfiltration

by Jessica Davis

US Fertility (USF) has been sued by the individuals impacted by its September ransomware attack, after the threat actors gained access to the third-party vendor’s network for a month and...

Judge Dismisses Brandywine Urology Breach Lawsuit, Citing Lack of Harm

by Jessica Davis

A healthcare data breach lawsuit against Brandywine Urology Consultants has been dismissed by the Delaware Superior Court, as the victims failed to provide evidence of injuries or losses caused by the...

Cyberattack Drives Okanogan County Public Health IT System Offline

by Jessica Davis

A cyberattack on Washington’s Okanogan County government computer infrastructure has driven multiple regional offices offline, including the Public Health department, according to a news...

Patient Sues Rady Children’s Hospital Over Blackbaud Data Breach

by Jessica Davis

A guardian of a patient whose information was included in last year's Blackbaud data breach has sued Rady Children’s Hospital over the incident. Blackbaud is a third-party vendor of the...

COVID-19 Vaccine Data Manipulated Before Leak to Impair Public Trust

by Jessica Davis

The hackers who stole COVID-19 vaccine data belonging to Pfizer and BioNTech from the European Medicines Agency (EMA), a regulatory agency, and leaked the information online in December,...

Hackers Leak COVID-19 Vaccine Data Stolen During EU Regulator Breach

by Jessica Davis

The European Medicines Agency discovered hackers have posted online the COVID-19 vaccine data exfiltrated during an earlier cyberattack on the EU regulator. As previously reported, the hacked server...

Minnesota’s Lake Region Healthcare Recovering From Ransomware Attack

by Jessica Davis

Lake Region Healthcare (LRH) was hit with a ransomware attack a few days before Christmas, resulting in some computer system outages and disrupting certain operations. The Minnesota health system is...

Healthcare Accounts for 79% of All Reported Breaches, Attacks Rise 45%

by Jessica Davis

Cyberattacks against healthcare entities rose 45 percent since November, while the sector continues to be the most impacted overall and accounted for 79 percent of all reported data breaches...