From their press release: La Posada is providing notice of a recent incident that may affect the security of some information pertaining to current and former employees. The confidentiality, privacy, and security of information in La Posada’s care is one of its highest priorities and La Posada takes this incident very seriously. What Happened? On December 10, 2021,…
Category: Health Data
Update on Scripps’ ransomware incident
In May, 2021, Scripps disclosed a cyberattack that was subsequently identified as a ransomware incident that impacted 147,267 patients. Last month, a potential class action lawsuit was thrown out of federal court because the preponderance of Californnia residents meant it should be in state court, not federal. This week, Scripps has issued an update to…
Willful wrongdoing by healthcare workers continues to pose problems
Snooping through patient records continues to be a serious problem in the healthcare sector — and it’s not country-specific. Here are two articles that showed up in my news searches this morning. From the UK: NHS disciplines more than two staff a day for mishandling medical records, with employees caught snooping on files of friends,…
UK: Confidential Health Data Of Thousands Of Dorset Patients Leaked By Accident
Andrew Goldman reports: The private data of thousands of NHS patients across Dorset was breached during a five-year-period – among the highest in the country. A new study has shown Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust (DHC) experienced the fourth highest number of data breaches in the UK, however the trust says this does not…
CaptureRx seeks court approval of lawsuit settlement; threatens to consider bankruptcy if not approved (updated)
Updated March 8: According to the TopClassActions website, the court has granted preliminary approval to a $4.75 million settlement between CaptureRX and consumers in six separate class-action lawsuits that all accused the pharmacy giant of negligence after a 2021 data breach: California residents whose information was stored with CaptureRX can submit claims of up to…
FL: Jackson County Hospital District notifying patients of data breach
UPDATED May 17, 2022: This incident was reported to the Maine Attorney General’s Office as affecting 98,746 patients. The “501” marker submitted to HHS on February 11, 2022 has not yet been updated on HHS’s website. Another disclosure heading into the weekend, but credit to them for getting a notification within one month of discovery. …