Eventus WholeHealth, PLLC (“Eventus”) provides integrated primary care and mental health services to medically vulnerable adults. In a press release issued this week, they disclose a breach involving protected health information. “On June 1, 2022, we observed suspicious activity associated with a single Eventus email account, despite multifactor authentication on the account.” Comment: That statement…
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United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley reaches agreement to settle data breach litigation
The Business Journal reports: A class action settlement has been reached in a lawsuit against United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley. The case, pending in Fresno County Superior Court, stems from an Aug. 28, 2021 data breach where United Health Centers (UHC) patient information including birth dates, Social Security numbers, diagnosis information codes, financial…
Quarter of Healthcare Ransomware Victims Forced to Halt Operations – Report
Trend Micro Incorporated, a global cybersecurity leader, today revealed that 86% of global healthcare organizations (HCOs) that have been compromised by ransomware suffered operational outages. Most (57%) global HCOs admit being compromised by ransomware over the past three years, according to the study. Of these, 25% say they were forced to completely halt operations, while…
Mars k-12 district in Pennsylvania victim of ransomware attack; data leaked
The Vice Society added more schools to their “partners” leak site yesterday. One of them is the Mars Area School District in Pennsylvania. According to niche.com, MASD is a k-12 district with 3,334 students. In a notice posted on the district’s website on October 3, Superintendent Gross described the progress the district was making in…
Aesthetic Dermatology Associates notifies patients of breach, but data already leaking on dark web
If you say you are going to provide details of an incident, then DataBreaches believes that you should provide important details — like the fact that patient data has been leaked on the dark web. Here’s another incident notice where there is no mention of that. From Aesthetic Dermatology Associates‘ press release: What Happened? On…
Doctor Admits Criminal HIPAA Scheme for Wrongful Disclosure of Protected Patient Health Information to Pharmaceutical Sales Representative
CAMDEN, N.J. – A former physician with medical practices in New Jersey, New York, and Florida admitted wrongfully disclosing patients’ protected personal health information, Attorney for the United States Vikas Khanna announced. Frank Alario, 65, of Delray Beach, Florida, pleaded guilty before Judge Robert B. Kugler to conspiring to wrongfully disclose patients’ individually identifiable health…