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Kaseya Software, headquartered in Ireland, with US headquarters in Miami, Florida, notified 1,500 companies that use its software, and it was attacked by ransomware
o a result of an attack on its remote device management software
o the REvil hacking group in Russia is asking for $70 million in ransom in exchange for a universal decryption tool

  • Practicefirst Medical Management Solutions notified 1.2 million patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack
  • Northwestern Medicine, headquartered in Chicago, IL notified 201,197 patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach on a cancer software program
  • Marsh McLennan Cos. Inc. of New York City, NY notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Dominion National Insurance, headquartered in Arlington, VA, agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit regarding data breach that exposed 2.9 million patients’ PHI in 2019.
  • Wiregrass Electric Cooperative of Hartford, Alabama notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after recent ransomware attack.
  • Rehabilitation Support Services of New York notified more than 3,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • Fairbanks Cancer Care Physicians of Alaska notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cybersecurity incident.
  • CentraCare Health and Carris Health – Willmar Lakeland Clinic of Minnesota notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after cybersecurity incident.
  • Demetrius Cervantes of McKinney, Texas was sentenced by Eastern District of Texas court to 3 years in prison for stealing PHI and reselling it for $1.4 million.
  • Discovery Practice Management, Authentic Recovery Center and Cliffside Malibu Rehab notified an unknown number of patients in Southern California that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
  • The Ohio State University Medical Center notified an unknown number of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder patients that their PHI was exposed after data breach.
  • The University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority notified 4,318 patients that their PHI was exposed after breach.
  • Minnesota Community Care of St. Paul, MN notified 64,855 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
  • BJC HealthCare of St. Louis, Missouri lost its case to try to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the hospital by patients who had their PHI exposed after data breach.

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