September 6, 2025

Qilin Ransomware Strikes Osaki Medical in Japan

The ransomware group Qilin carried out a major cyberattack targeting Osaki Medical Co., Ltd., a prominent Japanese company established in 1936, specializing in medical supplies, sanitary products, cosmetics, and healthcare and nursing equipment. The attack commenced with Qilin issuing official warnings, urging the organization to establish immediate contact. The group further warned that non-compliance could lead to the theft and […]
January 2, 2025

CHC Data Breach Exposed Over One Million Patients’ Information

Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) suffered a major data breach that exposed the personal information of over one million people. The incident came to light on January 2, 2025, when CHC noticed unusual network activity and launched an investigation with cybersecurity professionals.Findings revealed that a sophisticated attacker had gained unauthorized access to CHC’s systems and either viewed or extracted sensitive […]
November 25, 2024

Blue Yonder ransomware attack disrupts grocery store supply chain

A ransomware attack targeted software provider Blue Yonder last week, leading to disruptions at multiple grocery stores and retailers, including Starbucks and two major supermarket chains in the UK. Blue Yonder, a global supply chain management service provider for over 3,000 organizations, confirmed on Friday that its managed services-hosted environment was hit by a ransomware incident on Nov. UK grocery […]
July 14, 2024

4TB of internaal date allegedly leaked in Austrailan medical research breach

The Medusa ransomware group has claimed responsibility for stealing over four terabytes of data from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research in Western Australia. The group posted on its dark web leak site, stating that 4.6TB of internal building camera recordings had been uploaded. Medusa is demanding a ransom of US$500,000, though it is also willing to sell the […]
June 1, 2023

2.5 million individuals impacted following ransomware against Harvard Pilgrim Health Care

Last week, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care (HPHC), a Massachusetts-based non-profit health services provider released a data breach notice disclosing that a ransomware attack it suffered in April 2023 impacted 2,550,922 people, as well as the threat actors stealing their sensitive data from compromised systems. The notice revealed that the threat actors had maintained access to HPHC’s systems between March 28 […]
May 3, 2023

Cl0p ransomware attack impacts 783k Brightline patients

This week, Brightline, a pediatric mental health provider released a data notice warning patients that it suffered a data breach impacting 783,606 people following a cyberattack by the Cl0p ransomware gang. It is believed that the ransomware gang used a zero-day vulnerability (CVE-2023-0669) in its Fortra GoAnywhere MFT secure file-sharing platform to steal the data from 130 organisations including Brightline. […]
February 10, 2023

3.3 million patients were impacted by a data breach from a ransomware attack on Heritage Provider Network

On Friday 10th of February 2023, the Heritage Provider Network in California confirmed that multiple medical groups within the network suffered a ransomware attack which exposed the data of 3,300,638 patients. In the data breach notification on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services breach portal, the Heritage Provider Network stated that the ransomware attack occurred on Thursday 1st […]
February 8, 2023

Pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen confirms subsidiary data breach

This week, the Pharmaceutical distributor AmerisourceBergen confirmed that they suffered a cyber attack against one of its subsidiaries following the Lorenz ransomware gang listing AmerisourceBergen with allegedly stolen data on its extortion site. AmerisourceBergen also confirmed that the threat actors compromised the IT system of the targeted subsidiary which could have given the ransomware group a chance to exfiltrate data […]
January 1, 2023

LockBit apologises with free decryptor after cyber attack against SickKids hospital

On Sunday 18th of December 2022, a teaching and research hospital in Toronto that focuses on providing healthcare to sick children, SickKids experienced a ransomware attack that impacted internal and corporate systems, hospital phone lines, and the website. The incident led to delays in receiving lab and imaging results and resulted in longer patient wait times. It was then revealed […]