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Cybersecurity Notes

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) and the FBI published a warning that hackers see US holidays and weekends as a great time to launch attacks, including ransomware.

  • 82% of healthcare organizations have experienced an IoT cyberattack in past 18 months, according to study conducted by Medigate and CrowdStrike.
  • Oluwaseun Medayedupin of Nigeria was arrested for allegedly luring US companyemployees to deploy ransomware at the companies they work for.
    • Was called a “partnership affiliate offer”, promising the employees up to 40% of the ransom collected
  • Utah Imaging Associates, with facilities across Utah, notified 583,643 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
  • GoDaddy Corp., headquartered in Arizona, notified 1.2 million customers who use managed WordPress accounts of a breach.
  • True Health of Albuquerque, New Mexico notified 63,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Huntington Hospital of Huntington, New York notified 13,000 patients that their PHI was exposed when it was illegally accessed by a former employee.
  • Astoria Marketing of Delaware notified 940,000 consumers that their info may have been exposed after breach.
  • Beaverhead County High School District of Montana notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Little Rock Police Department of Arkansas notified an unknown number of citizens that their info was exposed after it was illegally accessed by an employee.
  • Rock Island County, City of Bettendorf and City of LeClaire, all of Illinois, were hit by cyberattacks which exposed info of an unknown number of citizens.
  • West Virginia University Health System was hit by lawsuit regarding 7,445 patients having their PHI illegally accessed by a former employee.
  • Supernus Pharmaceuticals of Rockville, MD notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after ransomware attack.

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