Category: cybersecurity

A Lehigh Valley Health Network patient whose nude photos were posted to the dark web by a Russian ransomware gang has sued the Allentown, Pa.-based health system, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported.

Boston-based Codman Square Health Center’s systems were encrypted by ransomware, causing the protected health information of 10,161 patients to be compromised.

Russian ransomware gang BlackChat has posted more photos of patients from Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network to the dark web, The (Allentown) Morning Call reported March 10.

Dorchester, Ma.-based Codman Square Health Center is alerting 10,161 patients of a potential data breach following a ransomware attack that took place between Nov. 23 and Nov. 27.

More than 3 million patients were affected in a data breach involving telemental health company Cerebral, according to a notice to HHS’ Office of Civil Rights.

Hospital and health system boards and executive steering committees are often briefed with  “technobabble,” leaving cybersecurity in the hands of IT security teams, HHS said in a March 8 report.

Macomb County, Mich.-based Northeast Surgical Group notified 15,298 patients that some of their protected health information was compromised in a data breach. 

A physician has inappropriately accessed patient medical records from Grants Pass, Ore.-based Asante from 2014 to 2023. 

Jamestown, N.Y.-based The Chautauqua Center is notifying patients that some of their protected health information was compromised when its medical records provider WebPT experienced a data breach, WRFA reported March 6.  

BlackCat ransomware gang posted screenshots of patient diagnoses and pictures of breast cancer patients undressed from the waist up from Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, BankInfoSecurity reported March 6.