May 10, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: City of Greenville, North Carolina # of Records/People Affected: Undetermined When: 11 April 2019 What happened: Greenville, N.C., has effectively been knocked offline by a ransomware attack. How Did it happen: The city IT department had to shut down the majority...
May 9, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Gulf Coast Pain Consultants, dba Clearway Pain Solutions Institute # of Records/People Affected: 35,000 patients When: 18 April 2019 What happened: EMR system has been accessed by an unauthorized individual. How Did it happen: The individual accessed a range of...
May 9, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Baystate Health of Springfield # of Records/People Affected: 12,000 When: 8 April 2019 What happened: Data breach exposed information about some 12,000 patients. How Did it happen: A phishing incident resulted in unauthorized access to the email accounts of...
May 8, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Department of Medical, Health and Family Welfare of a state in northern India. # of Accounts Breached: More than 12.5 million What was affected: The database was eventually secured with the help of the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) of India, but the...
May 8, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Genesee County # of Accounts Breached: undetermined What has affected: Genesee County, Michigan was hit with a ransomware attack When it happened: April 2, 2019 How it happened: They say a virus found its way into their system and held data Tuesday, demanding...
May 8, 2019 | 2019, April, Breaches
Who: Georgia Tech # of Accounts Breached: 1.3 millionWhat was affected: Names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and birth dates. When it happened: Late March 2019 How it happened: Georgia Tech said its database was accessed by an “unknown outside...