February 8, 2018 FittedCloud Launches Amazon Relational Database Services Cost Optimization Solution Acton, MA-based FittedCloud has announced it has launched an Amazon Relational Database Services cost optimization solution that allows customers to carefully control their RDS costs. ... Read more
February 4, 2018 Online Breach Reporting Tool Launched in Massachusetts It has been announced, by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, that a new online data breach reporting tool it to be introduced to simplify the process ... Read more
February 2, 2018 Online Trust Alliance Reveals 2017 was Worst Year Ever for Cyber Attacks The Online Trust Alliance´s “Cyber Incident & Breach Trends Report” has revealed that 2017 was the “worst year ever” for cybersecurity attacks. The organization believes ... Read more
January 31, 2018 Allscripts Facing Class Action Lawsuit Following Ransomware Attack Allscripts experienced a ransomware attack at centers in Raleigh and Charlotte, NC, resulting in several applications remaining offline for as many as 1,500 clients. Florida-based Surfside Non-Surgical Orthopedics. ... Read more
January 28, 2018 Breach Notification Bill Advanced by South Dakota Senate Attorney Judiciary Committee A vote in favor of introducing data breach notification legislation has been overwhelmingly passed by the South Dakota Senate Attorney Judiciary Committee. The bill advanced ... Read more
January 28, 2018 DC Assisted Living Facility Hit by Malware Breach Exposing 5,200 PHI Records A malware attack experienced at Westminster Ingleside King Farm Presbyterian Retirement Communities may have allowed the hackers to obtain the protected health information of thousands ... Read more
January 10, 2018 Compassion Care Hospice Cyber Attack Affects 1,128 Clients The protected health information of 1,128 clients of Compassionate Care Hospice Las Vegas (CCHLV) may have been accessed by an unauthorized individual person. The person in ... Read more
January 9, 2018 North Carolina State Medicaid Agency Found to Have Data Security Inadequacies The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (OIG) has released the results of an audit of the North Carolina State Medicaid ... Read more
January 6, 2018 5,000 Members of Kaiser Permanente Notified About Two Security Incidents Two security incidents have recently been reported to the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights by Kaiser Permanente. Combined, more than 5,000 ... Read more
January 4, 2018 Sports Medicine Practice Hit by Two Hacking Attacks in 7 Days A hacker has gained access to its systems and encrypted files with ransomware at a family and sports medicine practice based in Colorado. Longs Peak ... Read more
December 29, 2017 Access to Wager Evans Dental Records Prevented for 5 Days After Ransomware Attack Wager Evans Dental practice, based in Reno, NV, has experienced a ransomware attack that cut off access to dental records and images for five days ... Read more
December 12, 2017 Soaring Value of Bitcoin Triggers Rise in Phishing Attacks on Bitcoin Wallets Over the past few days, the value of Bitcoin has soared from $11,000 to more than $17,500, prompting hackers to increase the number of phishing ... Read more
December 11, 2017 Pennsylvania Obs/Gyn Clinic PHI Breach Reported Paper files from Women’s Health Consultants, an obstetrics and gynecology practice that had centers in South Whitehall Township and Hanover Township, PA have been dumped ... Read more
December 8, 2017 PHI Breach at UAB Medicine Leaves 652 Records Potentially Exposed In Birmingham, Alabama, the UAB Medicine Viral Hepatitis Clinic has discovered a breach of patients’ protected health information (PHI) that could have affected up to ... Read more
December 6, 2017 Personal Information of New York Pharmacy Customers Exposed in Improper Disposal Incident A security breach, involving the improper disposal of a device used to capture customers’ signatures, has been encountered by ShopRite Supermarkets, Inc. The device in question ... Read more
December 5, 2017 Extortion Attempt on Sports Medicine Provider Exposes Private Data of 7,000 Individuals Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Therapy (SMART), based in Massachusetts, has contacting 7,000 clients regarding a breach of their protected private health information that occurred in September ... Read more
November 22, 2017 Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Breach Impacts Almost 1,000 People Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, dba Florida Blue, has announced to the public that the personally identifiable information of a small number of ... Read more
November 21, 2017 Protenus November Breach Barometer Report Highlights Threat from Internal Breaches Following an unusually bad September, healthcare data breach incidents fell to more typical levels, with 37 breaches tracked in October according to the November 2017 ... Read more
November 21, 2017 New Jersey Medical Practice has Boxes of Medical Records Stolen Otolaryngology Associates of Central Jersey is making contact with patients to advise them of breach of their protected health information, following a theft at an off-site ... Read more
November 14, 2017 2017 Data Breach Report Reveals 305% Annual Rise in Breached Records The Risk Based Security (RBS) 2017 data breach report has shown there has been a 305% surge in the number of records exposed in data ... Read more
November 10, 2017 CyberAttack Infection Found by Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany The Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany (CCDA) was performing an upgrade of its computer security software during August when it found malware on ... Read more
November 9, 2017 New Gibon Ransomware Campaign Detected A new ransomware campaign has been detected that is using spam email to deliver Gibon ransomware. The malware has been named Gibon due to the ... Read more
November 9, 2017 Software Update Will Help to Prevent MongoDB Cyberattacks This year has seen tens of thousands of MongoDB cyberattacks, resulting in the theft of millions of records. While MongoDB is secure and incorporates appropriate ... Read more
November 8, 2017 NY AG Brings in Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) Aiming to protect New Yorkers from unwelcome breaches of their personal information, The Stop Hacks and Improve Electronic Data Security Act (SHIELD Act) has been ... Read more
November 2, 2017 Study Reveals Extent to Which Combosquatting is Used by Hackers The use of combosquatting is on the rise, although until recently, the extent to which combosquatting was being used by cybercriminals was not known. However, ... Read more
October 30, 2017 New Matrix Ransomware Malvertising Campaign Detected A new Matrix ransomware malvertising campaign has been detected. The campaign uses malicious adverts to direct users to a site hosting the Rig exploit kit. ... Read more
October 29, 2017 Consolidated Inc. Data Breach Impacts 21,856 People Nebraska-based CBS Consolidated Inc., operating as Cornerstone Business & Management Solutions, completed a routine audit of system logs on July 10, 2017 and found an ... Read more
October 27, 2017 3,725 Veterans Have Their PHI Exposed Due to Missing Laptop A laptop computer, no longer in use, owned by the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center (MGVAMC) in Spokane, WA, has gone missing, potentially leading to the ... Read more
October 26, 2017 Data Breaches Drop For Second Consecutive Month The latest report of the Breach Barometer from Protenus/Databreaches.net Healthcare shows that data violations have dropped for the second consecutive month, according to . In ... Read more
October 25, 2017 Widespread Bad Rabbit Ransomware Drive-By Attacks Reported Over the past 24 hours, there have been hundreds of reports of cyberattacks involving Bad Rabbit ransomware – A new ransomware variant with similarities to ... Read more