DataBreaches.Net

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

Update on UHS-Pruitt breach, and we learn of another Pruitt breach

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Dissent

In today’s installment, we update one Pruitt breach reported on this blog in December 2013, and we also find out about another Pruitt breach, not previously reported on this site.

HHS has updated its breach entry for a September 2013 incident involving a UHS-Pruitt stolen laptop with data on 1,300 patients:

“A manager’s unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from a hotel parking lot which also included the employee’s login and system password and the covered entity’s (CE) long term care software application. The laptop contained 1,300 individuals’ protected health information (PHI) and included names, social security numbers, addresses, dates of birth, bank account numbers, Medicare numbers, possible diagnoses, and patient locations. Following the breach, the CE changed the employee’s password and performed an analysis to ensure no attempts had been made to access the system and long term care application using the prior account and password. The CE improved safeguards by encrypting electronic devices and employing devices that do not allow local storage. The CE has also re-trained employees. OCR has consolidated this review into a compliance review that involves the same corporate entity and another stolen unencrypted laptop.”

Confusingly, the second incident they refer to above is not the second laptop theft incident that PHIprivacy.net had reported in our blog post. That incident, involving their subsidiary, Unihealth SOURCE,  affected 4,500 patients. HHS’s breach tool shows that incident as still open

Instead, the second stolen laptop incident HHS referred to above involved PruittHealth Pharmacy Services – an incident not previously reported upon or even known to this site. From HHS’s summary of that incident, it appears that incident occurred in December, 2013, and also involved a laptop stolen from an employee’s car:

“A manager’s unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from the back seat of an employee’s car. The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of 841 individuals and included names, possible diagnoses, prescription names, dates of service, and service locations. The covered entity (CE) has improved safeguards by encrypting devices and employing devices that do not allow local storage. The CE has also revised its privacy and security policies and re-trained employees. OCR has consolidated this review into a compliance review that involves the same corporate entity and another stolen unencrypted laptop. “

So Pruitt seems to have had at least three stolen laptop incidents in relatively short order. It’s not clear to me why all three incidents weren’t rolled up into the same compliance review, but I guess we’ll find out eventually.

Category: Uncategorized

Post navigation

← Update on Lawrence Memorial Hospital breach
Update on Coulee Medical Center breach →

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

  • Fraudsters, murderers, students: who the GRU assembled a team of hacker provocateurs from and why it failed
  • Order of Psychologists of Lombardy fined 30,000 € for inadequate data security protection and detection following ransomware attack
  • Lower Merion School District says a data breach was caused by a computer glitch
  • After $1 Million Ransom Demand, Virgin Islands Lottery Restores Operations Without Paying Hackers
  • Junior Defence Contractor Arrested For Leaking Indian Naval Secrets To Suspected Pakistani Spies
  • Mysterious leaker GangExposed outs Conti kingpins in massive ransomware data dump
  • Resource: HoganLovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
  • Class action settlement following ransomware attack will cost Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center about $52 million
  • Comstar LLC agrees to corrective action plan and fine to settle HHS OCR charges
  • Australian ransomware victims now must tell the government if they pay up

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

  • Fears Grow Over ICE’s Reach Into Schools
  • Resource: HoganLovells Asia-Pacific Data, Privacy and Cybersecurity Guide 2025
  • She Got an Abortion. So A Texas Cop Used 83,000 Cameras to Track Her Down.
  • Why AI May Be Listening In on Your Next Doctor’s Appointment
  • Watch out for activist judges trying to deprive us of our rights to safe reproductive healthcare
  • Nebraska Bans Minor Social Media Accounts Without Parental Consent
  • Trump Taps Palantir to Compile Data on Americans

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.