Cybersecurity Updates
- Bose Corp. of Framingham, Massachusetts, notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- $1.37 billion of transactions for stolen information were made in 2020 using the Russian dark web Hydra marketplace, according to Flashpoint Security.
- Trinity Health System of Logan, West Virginia notified “thousands” of patients that their PHI was exposed after security breach.
- Clover Park School District of Washington notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- National Crime Agency is warning of a dramatic rise in ransomware attacks, and increase in amount of ransom demanded by hackers.
- Drop-in Counseling of Las Cruces, New Mexico reports that former employee was arrested for stealing PHI of patients.
- Spine & Disc Medical Center of Phoenix, AZ notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- The Auburn Police Department and the Farnum Center of New Hampshire reported that Wayne Kenney of Hookset was sentenced to 1 year in federal prison for hacking into networks and accessing information.
- The Texas Workforce Commission of Austin, TX notified an unknown number of citizens that their info may have been exposed after being targeted by Nigerian hackers.
- Peachstate Health Management, dba AEON Clinical Laboratories of Gainesville, Georgia, agreed to pay $25,000 HIPAA fine after it failed a HIPAA audit, and did not have HIPAA risk assessment on file.
- NASA reported that it has identified over 6,000 cyber incidents in the past 4 years.
- Assured Imaging of Tucson, AZ notified an unknown number of patients that that PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Goldberg Segalla Law Firm of Buffalo, NY, which is defending Major Model Management (NYC) for a breach related lawsuit, accidentally exposed information illegally during the court case.
- Carlos Lopez & Associates of Lincoln, Maine notified an unknown number of current and former employees that their info was exposed after it was accidentally emailed to wrong destination.
- Marrietta School District of Ohio notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Eastern Han**** School District of Indiana notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Jordan Valley Community Health Center of Springfield, Missouri notified 12,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
- The FBI reported that a former employee, Kendra Kingsbury of Kansas, was indicted for allegedly stealing confidential information of US citizens.
- New England Dermatology of Springfield, Massachusetts notified 58,106 patients that their PHI was exposed after specimen bottles were improperly disposed of.
- Zocdoc of New York notified 7,600 patients that their PHI was exposed after “programming error”
- Vitality Senior Living of Arlington, VA reported that a former employee illegally accessed PHI of patients to commit fraud.
- Robin Darnelll of Georgia pleaded guilty and faces 5 years in prison for stealing PHI when posing as a online nurse with telemedicine services.
- Cybersecurity insurance costs are rising up to 30% due to increased ransomware attacks.
- The City of Philadelphia notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been accessed after email phishing attack hit Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services, as well as Community Behavioral Health
- Altru Health System of Grand Forks, North Dakota, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI may have been exposed after cyber attack.
- Elizabeth, NJ-based Community Access Unlimited has started notifying 13,813 individuals that their protected health information was stored on systems that were accessed by unauthorized individuals.
- Hartsville, SC-based CareSouth Carolina has notified 76,035 patients that some of their protected health information has potentially been compromised in a ransomware attack on its IT vendor, Netgain Technologies.