WGRZ reports: Independent Health said Friday that the names, member ID numbers and medical information for over 500 Williamsville School District employees were accidentally released to stop loss carriers and brokers. The inadvertent breach took place between August 2019 and August 2021 and was discovered during a regular safety and security review. It did not…
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Update: Missouri Delta Medical Center acknowledges ransomware incident
DataBreaches.net has continued to follow up on the ransomware attack on Missouri Delta Medical Center claimed by Hive threat actors. This site broke the story about the breach on September 12. Several days ago, the listing for MDMC was removed from Hive’s leak site, despite the threat actors’ warnings that they were going to follow…
Cyberattack targets Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera
Yaron Doron reports: The computer systems of Hillel Yaffe Medical Center in Hadera were targeted Wednesday morning by a ransomware cyberattack. Hillel Yaffe asked that Magen David Adom and the Health Ministry send them only patients requiring urgent care. Ongoing medical care was uninterrupted, although elective procedures were put on hold. Read more on Israel…
NJ: Acting AG Bruck Announces Settlement with Fertility Clinic over Cybersecurity Lapses and Data Breach
There’s an update to a 2017 breach affecting patients of Diamond Institute for Infertility and Menopause. At the time, they reported a hack of a third-party server that impacted more than 14,000 patients. Today, the state of New Jersey announced a settlement in their enforcement action against the entity: NEWARK – Acting Attorney General Andrew J….
Under the media radar…
Here are just a few more breach reports that reveal medical or health information. The following may not be HIPAA-covered entities or may not show up on HHS’s public breach tool even if they are covered (because of the number impacted): Lion Street Financial in Texas recently notified the New Hampshire Attorney General’s Office about…
ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics notifies approximately 350,000 patients after ransomware incident
Quest-owned ReproSource Fertility Diagnostics, Inc. has notified approximately 350,000 patients whose data may have been accessed in a ransomware attack on Aug 8. The attack by unnamed threat actors was discovered on August 10, and Reprosource quickly severed all network connection activity and contained the incident. Although they have no evidence that any protected health…