It is still fairly rare for a ransomware victim to totally shutter its doors permanently as a result of an incident, but a relatively small breach in Georgia was reportedly fatal for Ascension Health Services LLC DBA Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Centre. A notice on its website dated April 4, 2025 reads: We are…
Category: Health Data
Data breach feared after cyberattack on AMEOS hospitals in Germany
DPA reports: A cyberattack on Swiss hospital group AMEOS may have exposed sensitive patient and staff data, the company said on Monday. The attack, which took place two weeks ago, caused significant disruption across the group’s German operations. The company described the episode as a targeted assault on its IT infrastructure. In a statement, AMEOS…
Premier Health Partners issues a press release about a breach two years ago. Why was this needed now?
Premier Health Partners (“PHP”) in Ohio issued a press release this week and uploaded a substitute notice to its website. Why they first concluded an investigation into a breach they discovered on July 12, 2023 requires more explanation than they provide. Premier Health Partners (“Premier Health”) is providing notice of a cyber incident that may…
Theft from Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital sparks probe
Old-fashioned breaches still exist. Amanda Keenan reports: Health board chiefs have launched a major investigation after brazen thieves stole NHS laptops containing confidential patient data. Around 20 staff devices were snatched from an office block within the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Govan. Greater Glasgow and Clyde health board bosses have been forced to fork out £14,000 to…
North Country Healthcare responds to Stormous’s claims of a breach
On July 13, DataBreaches reported that the Stormous gang claimed to have exfiltrated 600,000 patients’ records from North Country Healthcare (NCH) in Arizona. At the time they provided a small sample of records in .csv format and indicated that they were going to leak 100,000 records for free and sell the other 500,000 records. Because…
Texas Enacts Electronic Health Record Data Localization Law
Hunton Andrews Kurth writes: Texas Governor Greg Abbott recently signed into law S.B. 1188, a bill that regulates the security and storage of electronic health record data and the deployment of artificial intelligence (“AI”) in the health care context. The law creates a data localization requirement, obligating covered entities to physically maintain electronic health records in…