- Northwell Health, headquartered in New Hyde Park, New York, notified may have notified up to 3.9 million patients that their PHI was exposed after a breach at their digital transcription provider, Perry Johnson & Associates.
- Summit Health, headquartered in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack
- 2,800 providers
- 13,000 employees
- 370 locations across New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania & Oregon
- Cardiovascular Consultants of Arizona notified an unknown number of patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Mulkay Cardiology Consultants of New Jersey notified 79,582 patients that their PHI was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Allen & Overy Law Firm, headquartered in London, England,, notified an unknown number of clients that their info was exposed after cyber attack.
- Sophos Security published report:
- 75% of data encrypted by hackers by ransomware attackers in healthcare
- 24% of healthcare organizations disrupted a ransomware attack in progress
- 37% of attacks involved double extortion
- 10% of attacks happen during regular business hours
- 5 days on average to detect a ransomware attack47% able to recover from attack in a week or less
- 42% admit to paying the ransom
- US Radiology of New York announced it has paid $450,000 to settle allegation of negligence after a ransomware attack exposed the PHI of 92,000 patients.
- Cook County Health of Illinois notified 1.2 million patients that their PHI was exposed after cyber attack.
- The State of Maine notified 1.3 million citizens that their info was exposed after cyber attack from Russian hackers. The U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Department of Justice notified 632,000 people that
their info was exposed after cyber attack. - American Airlines’s pilots union, named Allied Pilots Association, notified an unknown number of members that their info was exposed after ransomware attack.
- Fairfax County Public Schools of Virginia notified “tens of thousands” of students that their info was exposed after a FERPA breach.
- Ace Hardware stores notified an unknown number of customers that their info may have been exposed after cyber attack.
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