- Central Texas Medical Specialists, aka Austin Cancer Centers, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- The Alaska Department of Health & Social Services notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Simon Eye, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- The City of Mount Vernon in New York notified an unknown number of residents that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Sierra Johnson of Tempe, Arizona was arrested after allegedly stealing PHI was working for a rehabilitation facility to use stolen identities to acquire expensive vehicles and lease apartments.
- The Mankato Clinic of Minnesota notified 535 patients that their PHI was exposed after employee was caught emailing it to an external email account.
- The federal Office for Civil Rights in DHS reports that breaches in August, 2021 resulted in exposure of PHI for over 5 million patients in the U.S.
- Gastroenterology Consultants in Houston, Texas notified 161,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Walgreen’s notified an unknown number of patients who used its COVID-19 test registration system, that their PHI may have been exposed after it was inadvertently made accessible on public website.
- St. Joseph’s/Candler Health System of Savannah, Georgia was hit by a lawsuit filed by patients affected by a recent ransomware attack involving 1.4 million patients.
- Ivanov Tolpintsev was extradited from Ukraine to face charges after he allegedly made $80,000 stealing and reselling the stolen info on the Dark Web.
- 3 Americans avoid prison even though they hacked into computers for a foreign country?
- The U.S. Department of Justice announced it has fined Marc Baier, Ryan Adams and Daniel Gericke a total of $1,685,000
- Were caught hacking into computers and phones for the benefit of the United Arab Emirates government
- Directions For Living, headquartered in Clearwater, FL, notified 19,494 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Texoma Community Center of Texas notified 24,030 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- The North East Independent School District of San Antonio, TX notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Indian Creek Foundation of Souderton, PA notified an unknown number of patients that that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- The City of Yonkers of New York notified an unknown number of residents that their info may have been exposed after ransomware attack.
- Missouri Delta Medical Center of Sikeston notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Dorchester County of South Carolina notified an unknown number of residents that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- HBP Financial Services Group of Woodbridge, CT and Pathology Consultants of New London notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- The notorious Russian hacking group, REvil, which claimed to have shut down, apparently has restarted its ransomware attacks according to Emsisoft Security.
- Dr. Douglas Burka, while working at Vanderbilt University Medical Center of Nashville, TN, was caught illegally accessing the PHI of his ex-wife and was hit by lawsuit.
- Denton County of Texas notified 346,000 residents that their PHI was exposed after it inadvertently put their COVID-19 info on a publicly accessible website.
- The Wedge Recovery Centers of Pennsylvania notified 29,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- LifeLong Medical Care of California notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- GetHealth, headquartered in New York City, may be notifying up to 61 million people that use fitness tracker apps after a breach.
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