- ReproSource of Massachusetts notified 350,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Jonathan Toebbe, a US Navy nuclear engineer, was arrested for allegedly attempting to sell top secret nuclear submarine designs to a foreign intelligence agency for $100,000 in bitcoin.
- Independent Health of Williamsville, New York notified 541 patients that their PHI was exposed after it was inadvertently emailed to “business partners”
- Mandiant Security published warning for healthcare industry in the U.S. of a new Russian hacking group, named “FIN12” that is targeting the vertical with the Ryuk ransomware to steal PHI and collect ransom payments.
- Columbus Regional Health of Indiana notified its patients that its network is being hit with “a record number of attempts” by ransomware attacks.
- United Health Centers, headquartered in Fresno, California, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed during recent Vice Society ransomware attack.
- Oregon Eye Specialists of Portland, OR notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- - OptumCare, headquartered in Edina, Minnesota, had its New Mexico operation hit by a lawsuit, accusing the firm of allowing two former employees to steal PHI from 24,000 patients
and sell to a competitor. - Premier Patient Healthcare of Carrollton, Texas notified 38,000 patients that their PHI was exposed after it was illegally accessed by a former employee.
- Diamond Institute for Infertility of Millburn, New Jersey, announced it will pay $495,000 to settle lawsuit that claim negligence allowed the PHI of 14,663 patients to be stolen by
hackers. - Olympus Corp. announced that its operations in the Americas were impacted by a ransomware attack.
- Adobe Corp. stated it has patched 10 new security vulnerabilities discovered in its Acrobat and Reader software applications.
- Exacq Technologies announced that some of its video surveillance systems have been discovered to have critical security vulnerabilities.
- Sophos Corp. published report claiming hacking group stole millions of dollars from users of Tinder, Bumble, Grindr and Facebook dating apps
- Harvard-Westlake High School of Los Angeles, CA notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Lion Street Financial of Texas notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- The University of Alabama notified an unknown number of employees that their info was exposed after a laptop computer was stolen.
- Align Technology of San Jose, CA notified an unknown number of dental patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- HP Inc. published new cybersecurity research report:
- 12% of email malware bypassed at least one gateway scanner
- 89% of malware was delivered via email
- 23% of malware was in MS Word documents
- 17% of malware was in MS Excel documents
- Twitch, a division of Amazon, notified an unknown number of users of its live streaming service that their info may have been exposed due to cybersecurity breach.
- The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education notified an unknown number of employees that their info was exposed during recent cybersecurity event.
- American Osteopathic Association, headquartered in Chicago, IL, notified 28,000 members that their info was exposed after hacking incident.
- American College of Emergency Physicians, headquartered in Irving, TX, notified 28,000 members that their info was exposed after hacking incident.
- Broadcom Software published report warning of a new form of ransomware named “Yanluowang”, that may have been developed in China.
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