- The FBI announced that a hacker in Switzerland, accessed the FAA’s “no-fly” list, which lists 1.5 million people
- The American Hospital Association is warning hospital of the threat of Daixin ransomware gang.
- The group steals PHI and installs ransomware for profit
- The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center published warning regarding hackers now using artificial intelligence to aid in creating more dangerous malware to hack into healthcare facility networks.
- St. Margaret’s Health of Spring Valley, Illinois, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Byng Public Schools of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, notified an unknown number of teachers that their info was exposed by a former employee.
- FanDuel sports betting firm notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after security breach.
- Los Angeles Unified School District of California notified an unknown number of students that they info was exposed after attack by Vice Society ransomware group.
- Pierce County of Washington notified 463,000 citizens that their info was exposed after it was mistakenly sent to a single individual outside the county government.
- Rhode Island Department of Health notified 8,800 number of patients that their PHI was exposed after it was inadvertently emailed to unauthorized people.
- Logan Health of Kalispell, Montana proposed to pay $4.3 million to settle lawsuit alleging negligence after a breach that exposed PHI of 213,543 patients.
- Microsoft announced that its Azure cloud platform went down temporarily on 1/25/23.
- FBI announced that “hacked the hacker” and took down the Hive ransomware group, which has supposedly collected $130 million in ransom payments from healthcare facilities in the U.S.
- UCHealth of Colorado notified 48,879 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- UCLA Health of California notified 94,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Chico Immediate Care Medical Center of California notified 3,800 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Baltimore County Public Schools of Maryland notified an unknown number of students that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Wawasee Community Schools of Syracuse, New York notified an unknown number of students that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- Satellite Health of San Jose, CA notified 95,128 patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- BayCare Clinics of Wisconsin notified 134,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after inadvertent disclosure
- Rundle Eye Care of Orange, CA notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
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