Jeremy Hainsworth reports: A medical company hit by an October ransomware data privacy breach affecting 15 million Canadians is again named in a B.C. ministerial order as a company that can share British Columbians’ data. But, say observers, there is no issue for British Columbians to worry about as any liability rests with the government…
Month: April 2020
Ca: Personal employee information mistakenly published at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Jeff Walters reports: CBC News has learned hundreds of employees at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre had their personal information published online by their workplace. At the end of March, 245 employees had personal information published on the hospital’s website, including their names, as well as their social insurance number (SIN) and other identifying…
3 arrested after authorities raid Coalinga home filled with patient records, opioids stolen from doctor’s office
John Parmer and Paul Schlesinger report: Officers and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents arrested three people Wednesday after raiding a Coalinga home that contained hundreds of patient records and prescription opioids stolen from an area doctor’s office, according to the Coalinga Police Department. […] While they were processing and booking evidence at the Police Department,…
FBI says state hackers have broken into US coronavirus research: report
Fox News reports: Foreign government hackers have broken into companies conducting research into COVID-19 treatment and the U.S. healthcare sector, an FBI official reportedly said. Tonya Ugoretz, the FBI Deputy Assistant Director, told participants in an online panel discussion on Thursday that the bureau has seen state-backed hackers looking at a series of healthcare and research institutions. Read more…
Medical Device Maker Faces California Privacy Suit After Breach
And once again, people rush to file potential class action lawsuits following a breach. It has been less than one month since Tandem Diabetes Care notified patients of a phishing incident that may have compromised personal and protected health information. But now one of those notified has filed a complaint in federal court, alleging, among…
Czechs Warn Hackers Are Preparing Cyber Attacks on Hospitals
Lenka Ponikelska reports: A campaign of serious hacker attacks on Czech hospitals is highly probable in the coming days, the country’s National Cyber and Information Security Agency said. The warning follows an attack last month at the Faculty Hospital in the second-largest Czech city of Brno, where officials were forced to evacuate patients. The threat…