Wisconsin Dental Association

August 29, 2019

Ransomware Bites Dental Data Backup Firm

This post was originally published on this sitePerCSoft, a Wisconsin-based company that manages a remote data backup service relied upon by hundreds of dental offices across the country, is struggling to restore access to client systems after falling victim to a ransomware attack. West Allis, Wis.-based PerCSoft is a cloud management provider for Digital Dental Record (DDR), which operates an online data backup service called DDS Safe that archives medical records, charts, insurance documents and other personal information for various dental offices across the United States. The ransomware attack hit PerCSoft on the morning of Monday, Aug. 26, and encrypted […]