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SuperCare Health Sued After Data Breach

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Dissent

  The gap from the disclosure of a data breach to the filing of a potential class-action lawsuit is often a matter of weeks (or less), although a lot of lawsuits are dismissed for lack of Article III standing (see a 2021 review of data breach litigation here). In March, in-home respiratory care provider SuperCare…

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Patients increasingly suing hospitals over data breaches

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Dissent

Jeff Lagasse reports: Industries are increasingly being sued by consumers for data breaches, but the sector with the biggest litigation increase is healthcare, according to new findings from the law firm BakerHostetler. In fact, healthcare comprises 23% of lawsuits due to data breaches. The next highest after that is business and professional services at 17%,…

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‘JekyllBot:5’ Vulnerabilities Allow Remote Hacking of Hospital Robots

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Dissent

Eduard Kovacs reports: Cybersecurity researchers specializing in healthcare IoT systems have discovered five serious vulnerabilities that can be exploited to remotely hack Aethon’s TUG autonomous mobile robots. The TUG robots are used by hundreds of hospitals in North America, Europe and Asia to transport goods, materials and clinical supplies. Their role is to give staff…

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At small and rural hospitals, ransomware attacks are causing unprecedented crises

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Dissent

Marion Renault reports: At 12:08 p.m. on a Monday, a Sky Lakes Medical Center employee tapped an email link. Within minutes, that click cracked open the Oregon hospital’s digital infrastructure for cybercriminals to infiltrate. By the time IT staff started looking into it, “everything was being encrypted,” said John Gaede, director of information services. On…

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Update to Christie Clinics breach disclosure

Posted on April 11, 2022 by Dissent

On March 25, Christie Business Holdings Company, P.C. (“Christie Clinic”)  disclosed a breach. As DataBreaches.net reported the next day, the clinic reported that an unauthorized actor had gained access to one business email account between July 14, 2021 and  August 19, 2021. Christie’s investigation indicated that the intent of the attacker may have been to…

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Federal Court Dismisses Data Breach Litigation

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Dissent

The following news item refers to litigation related to a data leak discovered by Dutch researcher Jelle Ursem that was reported in collaboration with DataBreaches.net. Shing Tse and Kristin L. Bryan of Squire Patton Boggs write: Recently, a federal court in Kansas joined a number of other courts in finding that allegations of future, speculative harm unadorned…

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