DataBreaches.Net

Menu
  • About
  • Breach Notification Laws
  • Privacy Policy
  • Transparency Report
Menu

Florida firm denies link to UPMC data breach

Posted on May 10, 2014 by Dissent

Associated Press reports:

A University of Pittsburgh Medical Center employee has sued the hospital network for credit restoration services and identity theft insurance in the wake of a data breach that has seen hackers use the personal information of hundreds of employees to file bogus federal income tax returns.

Alice Patrick, who works at UPMC McKeesport hospital, filed her lawsuit against UPMC and Ultimate Software Group Inc., of Weston, Florida, on Friday in U.S. District Court. UPMC isn’t commenting, but an executive with a Florida payroll processing firm is denying the company has anything to do with the data breach affecting as many as 27,000 UPMC employees.

Mitchell Dauerman, the company’s executive vice president, said he doesn’t believe UPMC or any of its subsidiaries are clients of Ultimate Software, and may have been sued by mistake.

Read more on The Tribune.

If Ultimate Software Group was sued in error, it would be the second recent breach where that’s happened. Two banks withdrew their lawsuits against Trustwave after finding out Trustwave’s role wasn’t what they thought it was with respect to Target’s massive data breach.  In that case, though, Trustwave was involved in Target. In this case, is Ultimate even connected to UPMC?

Because lawsuits can cause reputation harm, even if they’re dismissed later, I would hope that plaintiffs are investigating a bit more before lodging suits.  Patrick’s lawsuit is not yet available on PACER, so I don’t know why she alleges Ultimate Software Group had any responsibility, but I’ll follow up.

Related posts:

  • Some UPMC St. Margaret patients’ info shared with unauthorized organization by now-former employee
  • Claims that Trustwave was responsible for monitoring Target’s network “baseless” – Trustwave
Category: Commentaries and AnalysesHealth DataID TheftU.S.

Post navigation

← Los Robles Hospital And Medical Center breach
Catholic Health Initiatives victim of DNS hijack; doctors' e-mails redirected (updated) →

Now more than ever

"Stand with Ukraine:" above raised hands. The illustration is in blue and yellow, the colors of Ukraine's flag.

Search

Browse by Categories

Recent Posts

  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
  • Battlefords Union Hospitals notifies patients of employee snooping in their records
  • Alert: Scattered Spider has added North American airline and transportation organizations to their target list
  • Northern Light Health patients affected by security incident at Compumedics; 10 healthcare entities affected
  • Privacy commissioner reviewing reported Ontario Health atHome data breach
  • CMS warns Medicare providers of fraud scheme
  • Ex-student charged with wave of cyber attacks on Sydney uni
  • Detaining Hackers Before the Crime? Tamil Nadu’s Supreme Court Approves Preventive Custody for Cyber Offenders
  • Potential Cyberattack Scrambles Columbia University Computer Systems

No, You Can’t Buy a Post or an Interview

This site does not accept sponsored posts or link-back arrangements. Inquiries about either are ignored.

And despite what some trolls may try to claim: DataBreaches has never accepted even one dime to interview or report on anyone. Nor will DataBreaches ever pay anyone for data or to interview them.

Want to Get Our RSS Feed?

Grab it here:

https://databreaches.net/feed/

RSS Recent Posts on PogoWasRight.org

  • Hacker helped kill FBI sources, witnesses in El Chapo case, according to watchdog report
  • Germany Wants Apple, Google to Remove DeepSeek From Their App Stores
  • Supreme Court upholds Texas law requiring age verification on porn sites
  • Justices nix Medicaid ‘right’ to choose doctor, defunding Planned Parenthood in South Carolina
  • European Commission publishes its plan to enable more effective law enforcement access to data
  • Sacred Secrets: The Biblical Case for Privacy and Data Protection
  • Microsoft’s Departing Privacy Chief Calls for Regulator Outreach

Have a News Tip?

Email: Tips[at]DataBreaches.net

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

Contact Me

Email: info[at]databreaches.net

Mastodon: Infosec.Exchange/@PogoWasRight

Signal: +1 516-776-7756

DMCA Concern: dmca[at]databreaches.net
© 2009 – 2025 DataBreaches.net and DataBreaches LLC. All rights reserved.