- UF Health Central Florida of Leesburg, FL was sued by patients for negligence regarding a ransomware attack that exposed PHI or 700,000 patients
- The U.S. Department of Treasury reports that it has identified 177 cryptocurrency wallets associated and used by the top 10 ransomware gangs.
- $5.2 billion in potential ransom payments transacted
- Average ransomware payment of $102,273
- The top ransomware operator, REvil of Russia, was shut down
- Unknown entity hijacked the payment portal
- The U.S. Treasury Department is reporting a 30% increase in ransomware attacks on the finance vertical.
- Phoenix Children’s Hospital in Arizona notified 368 employees that their PHI was inadvertently disclosed in an email error.
- Kemper Insurance, headquartered in Chicago, IL, plans on settling a lawsuit for $17.6 million regarding past data breaches that exposed info of 6.1 million customers.
- Apollo Career Center of Ohio notified an unknown number of students that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- McAfee Security announced it found security vulnerability in Netop Vision Prop Education Software, that is used by 3 million teachers in 9,000 school systems in the U.S., that exposes info on students.
- Public School and Education Employee Retirement Systems of Missouri notified 349,246 employees that their info was exposed during data leak.
- Ferrara Candy Corp. of Illinois notified an unknown number of customers that their info was exposed during recent ransomware attack.
- Stephen Defiore of Florida was sentenced to 3 months probation, $77,417.50 fine after pleading guilty to receiving $2325 in bribes for altering security features of smartphones.
- GetApp’s 2021 Data Security Report states that ransomware attacks are up 25% year over year.
- 33% of organizations have no incident response plan
- 23% have no process in place to report cyberattack
- Users clicking phishing links up 14%
- Lewisville Independent School District of Denton, Texas reports that it is hit with 16 million malicious email threat messages so far in 2021.
- The U.S government listed the top types of ransomware hitting healthcare vertical:
- Hive
- Vice Society
- Conti
- REvil/Sodinokibi
- Pysa
- Grove
- Ryuk
- CL0P
- The Fin7 ransomware gang is now recruiting employees under the name Bastion Secure
- Trying to trick workers into thinking they are applying to a legitimate firm that sells cybersecurity solutions
- SkyWest Airlines, headquartered in Utah, cancelled 1200 flights in 2 days due to a “5 hourn system outage” that may have been caused by cybersecurity incident.
- University Hospital of Newark, New Jersey notified 9,329 patients that their PHI was exposed after info was illegally accessed by a former employee.
- Accenture Corp. reported that it was hit by LockBit ransomware, and refused to pay the $50 million ransom demand, and may impact info of 2,000 customers.
- Justin Sean Johnson was sentenced to 7 years in prison for hacking into University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and stealing PHI of 65,000 people.
- PracticeMax Software of Scottsdale, AZ, notified two of its customers, Anthem Insurance and Humana Insurance, that some of their customers may have had their PHI exposed after the software company was hit by ransomware attack.
- UMass Memorial Health of Worcester, Mass, notified 3,099 patients that their PHI was exposed after email phishing attack.
- Sinclair Broadcast Group, headquartered in ****eysville, MD, which operates TV stations across the U.S., announced it has been hit by ransomware attack.
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