A Sunday two-fer on health data breaches: WellDyneRx, LLC (“WellDyne”) issued a press release on May 6 concerning an incident they first detected on December 2. The Florida-headquartered pharmacy benefits service provider’s investigation discovered that there was unauthorized access to an email account between October 30, 2021, and November 11, 2021. “Although there is no…
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Update: U.S. v. Robert Purbeck aka “Lifelock”
Long-time readers may recall that in 2017 and 2018, DataBreaches.net reported on hacks of two medical practices by someone calling himself “Lifelock.” DataBreaches’ past reporting on him can be found in this July, 2017 post (see comments under the post), in two 2018 posts, and then a post in response to a press release from…
Breast Cancer Support Organization Leaks Data Despite Multiple Notifications?
Update: After posting this, tweeting this story, and getting retweets on it, it appears that as of late yesterday, the bucket was finally secured. Thanks to SafeyDetectives who kept re-checking the bucket and to everyone who tried to call attention to this to get the data locked down. DataBreaches did not get any acknowledgement or…
COVID-19 patient sues Health P.E.I. for privacy breach at hospital
Brian Higgins reports: A man who says he was the first person on Prince Edward Island to be hospitalized for COVID-19 is suing Health P.E.I. for breach of privacy. According to a civil suit filed in P.E.I. Supreme Court, information about the man’s medical condition, including the fact that he is HIV-positive, was leaked by…
LA County Department of Mental Health Compromised by Phishing Attack
On April 21, the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health disclosed that it had suffered a data breach in a phishing incident. Unauthorized access occurred between October 19 to October 21, 2021. On April 20, LACDMH uploaded a template of its notification letter to the California Attorney General’s Office. That template indicated that the…
Over 20,000 people’s data potentially compromised in phishing scam targeting Valley View Hospital (Colorado)
Ike Fredregill reports: A phishing scam granted outside users access to four Valley View Hospital email accounts, potentially impacting the personal data of about 21,000 people, including hospital employees and patients, a Valley View spokesperson wrote in an email. A Valley View news release Friday states the hospital learned in January that thousands of peoples’…