High Severity (Score: 6/10)
Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals HIPAA Breach Report
Breach Details
Entity
Ukrainian emergency services and hospitals
Individuals Affected
Undisclosed
State
Unknown
Breach Type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location
Unknown
Date Reported
April 18, 2026
Entity Type
Healthcare Provider
Business Associate
No
Summary
Daryna Antoniuk reports: Hackers have targeted Ukrainian hospitals and local government bodies in a new espionage campaign using a malware tool dubbed AgingFly, researchers say. Ukraine’s computer emergency response team (CERT-UA) said the activity was carried out by a group tracked as UAC-0247, which launched multiple attacks over the past two months against municipal authorities, clinical hospitals... Source
Source: This breach was reported to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) Breach Portal. Data sourced from ocrportal.hhs.gov. Analysis and article generated by HIPAA Agent.
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