Evan Anstey reports: Some of Catholic Health’s long-term care residents may have fallen victim to a data breach that took place over the summer. The health organization says Minimum Data Set Consultants (MDS), a firm that provides consulting services to skilled nursing facilities, was the target of the breach. MDS started investigating this in...
Shaun Wooller reports: The NHS has launched a probe after a pupil took printed records containing details of 150 patients to school to use as drawing paper. Bedfordshire Hospitals Foundation Trust confirmed it is investigating how the child got hold of the personal documents. However, it refused to say if any of the pupil’s relatives worked...
The Chronicle reports: The Adna School District was defrauded of $346,000 through what school officials have called a “sophisticated phishing scam,” according to Adna Superintendent Thad Nelson. The district announced the fraud in a detailed email to The Chronicle on Thursday, noting that after the activity was confirmed, the district notified the FBI, the...
SAN FRANCISCO – Joseph Sullivan was sentenced to serve a three-year term of probation and ordered to pay a fine of $50,000, announced First Assistant United States Attorney Stephanie M. Hinds and FBI San Francisco Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp. The sentence was handed down by the Hon. William H. Orrick, United...
University Urology (UU) in New York City recently posted a notice about an incident on their website. Their notice, dated May 1, explains that on or about February 1, 2023, UU detected suspicious activity in its environment. The investigation revealed that an unauthorized actor had gained access to protected health information stored in UU’s...
In April, the Royal ransomware gang added Lake Dallas Independent School District in Texas to its leak site. Quoting the district’s description of itself, the attackers commented: Lake Dallas Independent School District has a vibrant, growing student population, an excellent array of programs, a strong curriculum, and a progressive, innovative atmosphere. Seems like...
Colin Wolf reports: Less than a week after the 2023 Tampa Municipal Runoff Election results were officially certified, local officials are now saying a server at the Hillsborough County Supervisor of Elections Office was “illegally breached.” In a statement released Wednesday afternoon, Hillsborough County Elections Supervisor Craig Latimer stated that the breach did not interfere...
Ellen Whinnet reports: A ransomware gang is claiming to have breached a Sydney cancer hospital, and is threatening to release data unless payment is made. NSW Health confirmed it was aware of the threats made against the Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre at Westmead Hospital, and was investigating. The global ransomware gang Medusa posted...
Lori Brown reports: The City of Dallas is dealing with a ransomware attack that has infected its servers, limiting the delivery of City service. The city says security monitoring tools first spotted the attack on Wednesday morning. Read more at Fox4. Update: It looks like the Royal Ransomware gang is responsible for this one.
Unwelcome guest: Trigona ransomware group claims they’ve taken up residence in Unique Imaging’s network