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Maryland’s Atlantic General Hospital hit by Ransomware: Patient Care Impacted
Atlantic General Hospital in Maryland has suffered a significant ransomware attack, resulting in network disruptions and outages, causing limited patient interruptions. Learn more about the attack, the hospital's response, and the increasing prevalence of ransomware attacks in the healthcare industry.
DNA Testing Centre Admits To Data Breach Affecting Over 2 Million People
This week, DNA and paternity testing company DNA Diagnostic Center announced it had discovered unauthorized access to its network that led to a data breach in August. Threat actors accessed the company’s systems and exfiltrated an archived database that housed files containing patient PII collected between 2004 and 2012.
30K Healthcare Workers’ Info Found On Unprotected Database
A team of ethical hackers at Website Planet reportedly found exposed personal information for more than 30,000 US healthcare workers on a non-password-protected database. The database in question is owned by Florida-based healthcare staffing provider Gale Healthcare Solutions.
Ransomware Gang Threatens to Leak 1.5TB of Data
US-based Supernus Pharmaceuticals was hit with a ransomware attack that resulted in 1.5TB of data being exfiltrated from its networks. The Hive ransomware group is claiming responsibility for the attack over the US Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The group says it exfiltrated 1,268,906 files of data from the pharmaceutical company
400,000 Patients’ Information Compromised In Ransomware Attack
An estimated 400,000 patients of Planned Parenthood had their information compromised by cybercriminals in what looks to be a ransomware attack. A Planned Parenthood Los Angeles spokesperson stated unauthorized network access was gained between October 9 and 17 as an undisclosed number of files were exfiltrated and malicious software was deployed.
Patient Data Exposed In 3rd Party Healthcare Ransomware Attack
Healthcare business management and IT solutions vendor PracticeMax is reaching out to members of VillageHealth after a ransomware attack potentially exposed their protected health information (PHI). Thousands of patients could be impacted by this incident.
Experts Deem N.L. Cyberattack as Canada’s Worst Ever
Experts are deeming the recent cyber attack on the Newfoundland and Labrador healthcare system as one of the worst cyberattacks in Canadian history. Provincial officials are calling for a federal response as widespread interruptions in the healthcare system’s IT network and operations have crippled the network’s ability to provide patient care.
Ransomware Attack On Ottawa Clinic Disrupts Patient Care
Ottawa’s Rideau Valley Health Centre has been left without the ability to schedule appointments as their IT systems were severely affected by a recent cyber attack. Patients of the clinic are growing increasingly frustrated as staff are experiencing technical difficulties answering calls and accessing patients’ records.
Ontario Hospital Resumes Emergency Services After ‘Cyber Incident’
Last Friday, the Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) reopened the doors to their emergency department following a “cyber incident” from earlier in the week. Ongoing IT issues have kept the hospital in “Code Grey,” meaning they are without essential services but thanks to support from local hospital partners, KDH was able to resume their emergency care.
Global Medical Manufacturer’s IT Systems Down After 2nd Consecutive Ransomware Attack
For the second time in consecutive months, global manufacturing company Olympus Corporation, has been victimized by a ransomware attack. While the medical equipment manufacturer was still recovering after ransomware shut down systems in their Europe, Middle East, and Africa region, Olympus was again forced to do the same to their US, Canada, and Latin America IT systems.
Terminated Executive Turns Insider Threat After 37,000 Patients’ Data Compromised
A malicious insider was the cause for the PII exposure of over 37,000 patients of the Premier Patient Healthcare network. The incident that took place in June of 2020 (discovered in April 2021) is now under investigation by the organization.
Independent Optometry Chain Hit By Employee Email Breach
On August 10, 2021, independent eyecare provider, Oregon Eye Specialists discovered “unusual activity in an email account,” and was forced to reset the account’s login credentials as well as “implementing additional security measures to further protect information.”
Toronto Hospital Network Investigating After Malicious Insider Threatens Data Exposure
After learning of a possible data breach involving a former employee, Unity Health Toronto has begun to notify patients their medical records may have been compromised. With roughly 150 patients potentially affected, the hospital network issued a statement apologizing to individuals along with the breach notification.
Hackers Victimize Healthcare Providers in Dual Hacking Breaches
The US Department of Health and Human Services was recently made aware of two large scale data breaches that exposed tens of thousands of individuals’ personal and health information. The two cyber attacks are seemingly unrelated, however, both cyber attacks involve care providers.
Cyber Attack Exposes Over 36,000 Cancer Clinic Patients’ Data
Patients of the Austin Cancer Centers are now being notified after a data breach forced the organization’s IT networks to be shut down. Reports show that 36,503 patients have potentially been affected by the breach.
450 Active WHO Email Credentials Leaked Online
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber security experts and government agencies have been engaged in efforts trying to combat the alarming growth of pandemic-related online scams. One of the many organizations that has continuously been a primary target for cyber criminals since the start of the pandemic has been the World Health Organization (WHO).
Ottawa Police Warning New COVID-19 Hospital Phishing Scam
Citizens of Ottawa are being warned about a new COVID-19 phishing scam that originated from The Ottawa Hospital. With concerns of the pandemic growing, cyber criminals are taking advantage of the situation and preying on the public’s fears.
eHealth Sask Sees Downtime Costs Escalate After Ransomware Attack
A ransomware attack has left eHealth Saskatchewan with a major loss in business productivity leaving some 31 cancer patients to reschedule their treatment. Although the company is stating that no patient data has been stolen, the encrypted network has left operations at a stand still.
Hackers Access Personal Health Info From Online Pharmacy
Customers of PlanetDrugsDirect have been emailed and direct mailed a warning to monitor their credit card and banking statements after the company suffered a data breach. As a member of the Canadian International Pharmacy Association (CIPA) PlanetDrugsDirect offers online prescription referral services to an approximate 400,000 customers.
15 Million Canadians Potentially Affected By Life Labs’ Massive Data Breach
In an open letter penned to its customers, Life Labs, one of Canada’s largest medical laboratories, recently admitted that it had become aware of a major data breach potentially affecting 15 million customers. Addresses, passwords, birthdays, health card numbers, logins and lab results were accessed and stolen by hackers in a breach that was identified in October, however the company waited until December to notify its customers.