Q: What’s worse than a really bad data breach involving patient and employee data? A: A really bad data breach where the data gets leaked on the internet for everyone to grab for free. In June 2021, DataBreaches.net reached out to Sea Mar Community Health Centers in Washington to alert them to what appeared to…
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Ca: Cyberattack at Arnprior Regional Health; data stolen
Derek Dunn reports: A cyber-attack breached the IT system at Arnprior Regional Health (ARH) on Dec. 21. “Our team noticed unusual activity and acted immediately,” reads a statement on the hospital and nursing home’s website. “We have determined through our investigation that data connected with Arnprior Regional Health has been taken.” Read more at Inside Ottawa Valley….
Jackson Hospital responded quickly to ransomware incident
Sean Lyngaas reports: It was approaching midnight on Sunday and the head of IT at a Florida hospital had a problem. The emergency room of Jackson Hospital, a 100-bed facility on Florida’s panhandle, called to report that it couldn’t connect to the charting system that doctors use to look up patients’ medical histories. Jamie Hussey,…
Ex-hospital worker arrested in South Georgia Medical Center data breach
Terry Richards reports: A former hospital employee has been arrested in a November data breach case at South Georgia Medical Center, officials said. Ronald Dean, the hospital’s president and chief executive officer, said Thursday a worker “left employment” with SGMC Nov. 11. On Nov. 12, security software put out an alert that there had been…
Ca: City hall privacy breach affects staff
Susan Gamble reports: A privacy breach that may have exposed Brantford municipal staff job application records, vaccination status and personal addresses was announced by the city on Wednesday evening. A news release sent out by the city said the breach was in an internal intranet system, which is only accessible to city staff, and not…
OH: Memorial Health System notifies 216,478 patients of malware incident last July
In November, Marietta Area Health Care Inc. dba Memorial Health System notified HHS of a breach. The number affected was submitted as 501 — a number that this site often interprets as just a marker to show that the entity knows there was more than 500 patients to notify, but hasn’t yet figured out exactly…