The Justice Department today announced the results of its 2025 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal charges against 324 defendants, including 96 doctors, nurse practitioners, pharmacists, and other licensed medical professionals, in 50 federal districts and 12 State Attorneys General’s Offices across the United States, for their alleged participation in various health…
Category: Health Data
Swiss Health Foundation Radix Hit by Cyberattack Affecting Federal Data
Investing reports: Switzerland confirmed Monday that a cyberattack on the non-profit health foundation Radix has affected the federal administration. According to Swiss federal authorities, the attack involved both the theft and encryption of data. Some of this information has already been published on the dark web following the breach. The statement noted that Radix counts…
Bolton Walk-In Clinic patient data leak locked down (finally!)
Finally, finally, FINALLY: exposed patient files from the Bolton Walk-In Clinic in Ontario have been secured. Now that the data is locked down, we can reveal more details about a seriously frustrating data leak that remained unsecured for at least 10 months while the clinic ignored all our notifications and alerts. It’s a story that…
Ontario health agency atHome ordered to inform 200,000 patients of March data breach
Isaac Callan and Colin D’Mello report that Ontario’s health minister is ordering atHome, a provincial agency, to immediately notify approximately 200,000 patients whose data may have been breached in a vendor’s cyberattack in March. There appears to have been a breakdown in what should have happened, as the Health Minister reported that atHome had failed…
Horizon Healthcare RCM discloses ransomware attack in December
Attacks on revenue cycle management (RCM) firms and debt collection firms often provide criminals with a wealth of personal and protected health information because successfully compromising one billing vendor may give access to the sensitive data of numerous covered entities or clients. Horizon Healthcare RCM (“Horizon”) in Indiana is the latest RCM to disclose that…
Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates Notifies Individuals of Data Breach in 2024
Texas Centers for Infectious Disease Associates (TCIDA) has now issued a press release and sent notification letters to patients affected by an attack they first discovered last July. According to their notice, on July 19, 2024, they learned of unusual activity in their network. Their investigation determined that an unauthorized individual may have accessed or…