Avery Travis reports: After a large amount of files containing state documents — and possibly sensitive health information for nursing home residents — were believed to be missing earlier this year, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission determined the records were never missing. A state employee of HHSC’s regulatory division came to KXAN and…
Category: Health Data
Threat actors pose as pharmacists, get business associates to send them patient records
Harbor Health in Massachusetts has notified at least one patient whose data was compromised by an attack on ScansStat Technologies. According to a December 13 letter from Jesse A. Shipley, HHSI’s Director of Compliance & Risk Management, on November 12, ScansStat Technologies informed them that bad actors posing as pharmacies had managed to get ScansStat…
Ie: Ransomware cyberattack hits Coombe hospital, IT services locked down as precaution
Eoghan Moloney and Eilish O’Regan report: The Coombe Hospital has been the subject of a ransomware cyberattack overnight, the hospital has confirmed. The maternity and infants hospital said that services are continuing as normal despite the cyberattack on Wednesday night. The hospital isolated and locked down its IT services once the attack was discovered “on…
NJ: Cancer Care Providers Will Adopt New Security Measures and Pay $425,000 to Settle Investigation into Two Data Breaches
CONSENT ORDER NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J. Bruck today announced that the Division of Consumer Affairs has reached a settlement with three New Jersey-based providers of cancer care that the State alleges failed to adequately safeguard patient data, exposing the personal and protected health information of 105,200 consumers, including 80,333 New Jersey residents. Under…
Eastern Health Provides Update Regarding Breach of Privacy and Information
December 14, 2021 – St. John’s, NL: Eastern Health advises the public that the ongoing investigation into the cyber-attack that impacted health-care information technology (IT) systems across the province has determined that some additional personal information and personal health information was impacted. The updated information regarding the breach related to Eastern Health patients, as well…
Oregon anesthesiology group notifies 750,000 about ransomware incident; FBI seized threat actors’ account with their files
Like many other healthcare entities, Oregon Anesthesiology Group, P.C. (OAG) became the victim of a ransomware attack this year. But somewhat atypically, the FBI seems to have seized a threat actor’s account that had their patient data. According to OAG’s statement of December 6, the medical group experienced what they described as a cyberattack that…